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Anne of the Thousand Days is a stunning-acted, sumptuous, grand-scale widescreen drama of the royal bed chamber and political intrigues that created the Church of England.
Variety Staff, Variety
Anne of the Thousand Days
He was King. She was barely 18. And in their thousand days they played out the most passionate and shocking love story in history!
1969 · 2h 25m · M/PG
Drama, History, Romance
Directed by
Charles Jarrott
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Anne of the Thousand Days
Overview
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
Director and cast
- Charles Jarrott Director
- Richard Burton as King Henry VIII
- Geneviève Bujold as Anne Boleyn
- Irene Papas as Queen Catherine
- Anthony Quayle as Wolsey
- John Colicos as Cromwell
- Michael Hordern as Thomas Boleyn
- Katharine Blake as Elizabeth Boleyn
- Peter Jeffrey as Norfolk
- Joseph O'Conor as Fisher
- William Squire as Thomas More
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
43%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Interminable plod through the story of Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Rotten
One of those almost unbearably classy movies, like A Man for All Seasons and Becket, that have a way of elevating the reputations of moviemakers without doing much for the art.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
It's about what you'd expect -- slow, dry, fleetingly intelligent.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
It is a story fit for the second Elizabeth, though it has perhaps one minor fault: the first two hours.
TIME Magazine
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