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The Private Life of Henry VIII is a 1933 British film directed and co-produced by Alexander Korda and starring Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Merle Oberon and Elsa Lanchester. It was written by Lajos Bíró and Arthur Wimperis for London Film Productions, Korda's production company.
A comedy drama film about the last five wives of King Henry VIII, starring Charles Laughton and Robert Donat. The film won an Oscar for Best Art Direction and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Actor.
- (4.9K)
- Biography, Drama
- Alexander Korda
- 1933-09-21
A comedy of manners based on the six marriages of King Henry VIII, from Anne Boleyn to Catherine Parr. The movie follows the king's quest for a male heir, his political intrigues, and his romantic misfortunes.
A 1933 comedy film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Charles Laughton as the notorious king and his six wives. The film satirizes the king's marital troubles and his quest for a male heir, with witty dialogue and lavish production design.
- Henry VIII
Every Wife Got It In The Neck... Eventually!King Henry VIII marries five more times after his divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon.Original title:...
- 94 min
- 36.4K
- Cult Cinema Classics
Feb 3, 2021 Full Review Yasser Medina Cinefilia Alexander Korda's 'The Private Life of Henry VIII' is a period biographical drama that, for my taste, has an authentic performance of Charles ...
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- History, Drama
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Alexander's Korda's The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) is unanimously cited as the film that first defined British cinema in the sound era. It treated a quintessentially British subject the reign of the colorful and quite probably mad King Henry VIII with both elegance and humor, gave it an illusion of grand production values and produced and released it with a mix of high culture and popular showmanship.
