Anne of the Thousand Days
He was King. She was barely 18. And in their thousand days they played out the most passionate and shocking love story in history!
1969 | 145m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Charles Jarrott |
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| Writer: | Richard Sokolove, John Hale, Bridget Boland |
| Staring: |
| Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 18, 1969 |
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| Director: | Charles Jarrott |
| Writer: | Richard Sokolove, John Hale, Bridget Boland |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, History |
| Keywords | england, adultery, tudor, based on play or musical, king, british history, anne boleyn, henry viii, illicit affair, 16th century, british monarchy, audacious, ominous |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Richard Burton | King Henry VIII |
| Geneviève Bujold | Anne Boleyn |
| Irene Papas | Queen Catherine |
| Anthony Quayle | Wolsey |
| John Colicos | Cromwell |
| Michael Hordern | Thomas Boleyn |
| Katharine Blake | Elizabeth Boleyn |
| Peter Jeffrey | Norfolk |
| Joseph O'Conor | Fisher |
| William Squire | Thomas More |
| Valerie Gearon | Mary Boleyn |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | Mendoza |
| Gary Bond | Smeaton |
| Terence Wilton | Lord Percy |
| Denis Quilley | Weston |
| Esmond Knight | Kingston |
| Michael Johnson | George Boleyn |
| Marne Maitland | Campeggio |
| Nora Swinburne | Lady Kingston |
| June Ellis | Bess |
| Cyril Luckham | Prior Houghton |
| Brook Williams | Brereton |
| Lesley Paterson | Jane Seymour |
| Amanda Jane Smythe | Baby Elizabeth |
| Nicola Pagett | Princess Mary |
| Peter Avella | Man in Tavern (uncredited) |
| George Ballantine | Servant (uncredited) |
| Hyma Beckley | Lord (uncredited) |
| Jack Berg | Guard (uncredited) |
| Kate Burton | Serving Maid (uncredited) |
| Elizabeth Counsell | Anne's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) |
| Maxwell Craig | Guard (uncredited) |
| Mabel Etherington | Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) |
| Max Faulkner | Huntsman (uncredited) |
| Ernest Fennemore | Guard (uncredited) |
| Harry Fielder | Servant (uncredited) |
| Hugh Futcher | Crowd Heckler (uncredited) |
| Victor Harrington | Lord (uncredited) |
| Fiona Hartford | Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) |
| Lindsay Hooper | Bishop (uncredited) |
| Juliet Kempson | Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) |
| Juba Kennerley | Lord (uncredited) |
| Eric Kent | Guard (uncredited) |
| Aileen Lewis | Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) |
| Tommy Little | Torturer (uncredited) |
| Fred Machon | Lord (uncredited) |
| Mary Maxfield | Patrician (uncredited) |
| Alan Meacham | Guard (uncredited) |
| James Mellor | Scribe to Cromwell (uncredited) |
| Terence Mountain | Executioner (uncredited) |
| George Oliver | Secretary (uncredited) |
| Harry Paris | Oarsman (uncredited) |
| Dido Plumb | Lord (uncredited) |
| Kynaston Reeves | Willoughby (uncredited) |
| Bunny Seaman | Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) |
| Jack Sharp | Monk (uncredited) |
| Elizabeth Taylor | Masked Courtesan (uncredited) |
| Royston Tickner | Messenger (uncredited) |
| Anne Tirard | Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) |
| Rita Tobin-Weske | Midwife (uncredited) |
| Liza Todd | Beggar Maid (uncredited) |
| James Ure | Bishop (uncredited) |
| Amanda Walker | Anne's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) |
| Jerold Wells | Boleyn Axeman (uncredited) |
| Fred Wood | Court Scribe (uncredited) |
| T. P. McKenna | Norris |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Charles Jarrott | Director |
| Georges Delerue | Original Music Composer |
| Patrick McLoughlin | Researcher, Set Decoration |
| Richard Marden | Editor |
| Maurice Carter | Production Design |
| Tom Smith | Makeup Supervisor |
| Simon Relph | Assistant Director |
| Ivy Baker | Costume Supervisor |
| Mary Skeaping | Choreographer |
| Elaine Bowerbank | Extras Makeup Artist |
| Ferdinand Bellan | Scenic Artist |
| Michael Guyett | Scenic Artist |
| Arthur Wicks | Props |
| Don Sharpe | Sound Editor |
| Bryan Evans | Matte Painter |
| Peter Harman | Matte Painter |
| Billy Dean | Stunt Double |
| Norman Gryspeerdt | Still Photographer |
| Skaila Kanga | Musician |
| Jeremy Taylor | Animal Wrangler |
| Sally Nicholl | Casting |
| Maxwell Anderson | Theatre Play |
| Richard Sokolove | Adaptation |
| Valerie Booth | Continuity |
| Arthur Ibbetson | Director of Photography |
| Peter Howitt | Set Decoration |
| Ron Berkeley | Makeup Artist |
| John Feehan | Property Master |
| Mary Kessel | Assistant Editor |
| Paul Engelen | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Nicolas Hippisley-Coxe | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Charles Hammerton | Construction Manager |
| Garth Inns | Special Effects |
| Robin Clegg | Boom Operator |
| Doug Ferris | Matte Painter |
| Gerald Larn | Matte Painter |
| Eddie Stacey | Stunts |
| Vi Murray | Wardrobe Master |
| Charles Wilder | Production Accountant |
| John Hale | Screenplay |
| Bridget Boland | Screenplay |
| Margaret Furse | Costume Design |
| Lionel Couch | Art Direction |
| Joan Carpenter | Hairdresser |
| James H. Ware | Production Supervisor |
| Paul Wilson | Camera Operator |
| Inez Easton | Location Manager |
| Robin Grantham | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Nigel Wooll | Second Assistant Director |
| Frank Graves | Scenic Artist |
| W. Simpson Robinson | Scenic Artist |
| John Aldred | Sound Mixer |
| Colin Miller | Sound Editor |
| John Grant | Matte Painter |
| Peter Melrose | Matte Painter |
| Bill Chitty | Gaffer |
| Arthur Newman | Wardrobe Master |
| Jean Osborne | Publicist |
| Joan Williams | Production Secretary |
| Andrew Campbell | Scenic Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Richard McWhorter | Associate Producer |
| Hal B. Wallis | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 5 |
| 2024 | 10 | 25 | 65 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Geneviève Bujold is on super form here as the manipulative and ambitious Anne. She captures the heart of the King (Richard Burton) and he proceeds to shake his kingdom to it's foundations in order to possess, then dispose of her. Even if you are not familiar with the story of Anne Boleyn, it is told ... here by way of a retrospective so we see right from the beginning that her goose is cooked. What ensures depicts how she rose to power, connived the downfall of many around her - most notably the Queen herself (Irene Papas) and Cardinal Wolsey (Anthony Quayle). With the help of a suitably obsequious character of Thomas Cromwell (John Calicos), the internecine and fickle politics of Henry VIII's court is laid bare for us to watch. Perhaps Burton is a bit overly theatrical at times, but there is a smouldering chemistry between the two; the look of the film is great with superb location and costume detail too. Towards the end you almost begin to feel sorry for the poor woman who played the game for all it was worth, but the King's caprices and her inability to have a son wrote her death warrant for her. It is too long, but still one of the best period dramas made on this topic.