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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 · 2h 25m · PG Drama, History, Romance
Directed by Charles Jarrott

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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.

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38%
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Fresh

Anne of the Thousand Days is a stunning-acted, sumptuous, grand-scale widescreen drama of the royal bed chamber and political intrigues that created the Church of England.

Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten

Interminable plod through the story of Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn.

Tom Milne, Time Out
Rotten

One of those almost unbearably classy movies, like A Man for All Seasons and Becket, that have a way of elevating the reputations of moviemakers without doing much for the art.

Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten

It's about what you'd expect -- slow, dry, fleetingly intelligent.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten

It is a story fit for the second Elizabeth, though it has perhaps one minor fault: the first two hours.

TIME Magazine

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