

"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 wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.
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)
