The Private Life of Henry VIII.
Alexander Korda, Ludovico Toeplitz
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The film follows the private life of the infamous 16th century British monarch, King Henry the VIII, and his misadventures in his various marriages. Henry the VIII is wonderfully portrayed by the highly talented and entertaining Charles Laughton, a masterful one-of-a-kind character actor who managed to land many plum roles despite looking like a bloated fish. Laughton portrays the King as a rollicking, impetuous, boozing lover of women. A man equal parts charming, childish and dangerous.
The best part of the movie is when he tries to explain how to make babys to his 4th wife Anne of Cleves (Elsa Lanchester, Laughton´s wife)ending up playing cards on the marriage bed.
- Archive
- Internet Archive, in More feature films
- Licence or status
- Public domain (Creative Commons dedication), as the Internet Archive states it.
- Credit
- Alexander Korda, Ludovico Toeplitz
- Who can watch
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