

"HE GAVE HIS WIVES A PAIN IN THE NECK, And did his necking with an axe. Henry, the Eighth Wonder of the World! And this picture...the wonder of all time!"
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second betrothed, executed on charges of treason, Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that wedded bliss also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the tyrannical king chooses German-born Anne of Cleves, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and so Henry's reign of spousal terror continues.
Henry VIII

Thomas Culpeper

Thomas Cromwell

Wriothesley

Archbishop Cranmer

Duke of Cleves

Peynell

Cornell

The French Executioner

The English Executioner
Anne Boleyn

Jane Seymour

Anne of Cleves

Katherine Howard

Katherine Parr

The King's Nurse

Duke of Norfolk (uncredited)

Man (uncredited)
Spectator at Executions (uncredited)

The Cook's Wife (uncredited)
Kingston (uncredited)
Kitchen Helper (uncredited)

Lady Rochford (uncredited)

Butcher in Kitchen (uncredited)

The King's Barber (uncredited)

Man (uncredited)

Hans Holbein (uncredited)
