Henry VIII And His Six Wives

1973, 121 minutes, Rated PG

King Henry The Eighteh (Keith Michell) lies on his death bed and recalls his tempestuous reign over England from 1509 to 1547. This lavish and historical epic details the loves and scandals of the Tudor Monarch but concerntrates chiefly on such highlights as the birth of Queen Elizabeth and the execution of Anne Boleyn (Charlotte Rampling - Spy Game).

Keith Mitchell is exceptional as the King as he recreates the role he played in the top rating BBC mini-series. "Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived." The women who married Henry VIII defined not by the way they lived but by the way their lives ended. More than a history lesson, this film is an accurate insight into the man and his loves and a turbulant life fuelled by lust, power and deception.