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Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Anne Boleyn is a doe-eyed vixen who is ordered by her power-hungry uncle to bewitch King Henry VIII. Her shy sister Mary has always been in Anne's shadow. Anne is prettier, more accomplished, and desired by many men. So when the King picks Mary as his mistress, Anne turns on her sister and schemes to become not only the King's consort, but his new queen. Though the Boleyn girls' mother points out that her 'daughters are being traded like cattle for...
2) Wolf Hall
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 360 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Thomas Cromwell is a brutal blacksmith's son who rises from the ashes of personal disaster and deftly picks his way through a court where 'man is wolf to man.' King Henry VIII is obsessed with protecting the Tudor dynasty by securing his succession with a male heir to the throne. Told from Cromwell's perspective, "Wolf Hall" follows the complex machinations and back room dealings of this pragmatic and accomplished power broker who must serve king...
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Part Renaissance prince, part medieval tyrant, Henry VIII is the most famous of English kings. Venture beyond the facade of his glamorous court to understand the danger and intrigue that routinely cost courtiers their heads.
5) Henry V
Publisher
MGM Studios
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Having recently been crowned King of England, Henry commands a massive invasion to assert what he believes is his legal right to the throne of France. But a mighty army stands in his way and the young monarch must rely on untested reserves of courage and cunning as he personally leads his outnumbered forces into a desperate battle for the honor and glory of the British Empire.
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (413 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Henry, now forty-five, marries Jane Seymour. Jane helps to reconcile Mary with her father, but only after Mary signs a paper admitting that she is illegitimate. Jane gives birth to a son, but dies shortly thereafter. Devastated by Jane's death, Henry locks himself away, drawing fantasy palaces, with caustic court jester Will Sommers as his sole companion, and much more.
7) Queen Margot
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Blu-ray.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (159 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Language
Français
Description
"Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family".--IMDb
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (542 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After failing to have his marriage to Katherine annulled, Henry appoints himself the head of the Church of England. Anne Boleyn insists that Henry remove the Queen from the picture. A royal visit to France finally prompts Anne to consummate her relationship with Henry. After failed attempts to have his marriage annulled, Henry's patience finally wears out and he marries Anne in secret. The king and new queen are disappointed that their first child...
Series
Criterion collection volume 830
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Language
English
Formats
Description
The crowning achievement of Orson Welles's extraordinary film career that was the culmination of the filmmaker's lifelong obsession with Shakespeare's ultimate rapscallion, Sir John Falstaff. Usually a comic supporting figure, Falstaff; the loyal, often soused friend of King Henry IV's wayward son Prince Hal, here becomes the focus: a robustly funny and ultimately tragic screen antihero played by Welles with looming, lumbering grace.
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (159 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between French Catholics and Protestants. Six days after her wedding, La Mole, a young man wounded by several sword injuries, frantically knocks on Margot's door. He is Protestant and must die like all the others, but Margot hides him, nurses him back to help and grows to love him.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Anne Boleyn is a doe-eyed vixen who is ordered by her power-hungry uncle to bewitch King Henry VIII. Her shy sister Mary has always been in Anne's shadow. Anne is prettier, more accomplished, and desired by many men. So when the King picks Mary as his mistress, Anne turns on her sister and schemes to become not only the King's consort, but his new queen. Though the Boleyn girls' mother points out that her 'daughters are being traded like cattle for...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Limited edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (6 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm).
Language
English
Description
Henry VIII of England divorces his first wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir. Instead, he favors the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn. Henry weds Anne and soon she gives him a child. The girl, Elizabeth, is a bitter disappointment to Henry, who desperately wants a male heir. Anne promises Henry a son, but Henry is doubtful. Jane Seymour is at court and Henry's wandering eye has found her. The Queen has her sent away, but,...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of England, has an unquestioning faith. As a devout Catholic, More refuses to support King Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. In quest of a son, Henry wants to marry his mistress, Anne Boleyn. When the petulant king breaks with Rome and the Pope, More resigns his chancellorship in protest. Unsure in his new position as head of the Church of England, the king is unnerved by More's continued refusal to acknowledge...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (185 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hosted and based on the book by Dr. Helen Castor, and filmed on location in England and France, this BBC series explores the lives of seven English queens who challenged male power, the fierce and fiery reactions they provoked, and whether, in fact, much has changed.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Historian Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb unfolds the extraordinary story of the tumultuous love affair between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Using first-hand accounts from the time and visiting the places where Henry and Anne lived, the series delves into the passionate and volatile relationship that sent a queen to her death, amputated England from Europe, and led to hundreds of years of religious conflict.
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What is it like to have God-like surgical powers, yet to struggle against your own humanity? What is it like to try and save a life, and yet to fail? British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh openly confronts the dilemmas of the doctor patient relationship on his latest mission to the Ukraine.
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Celebrate African American history with this historic collection of stories. Collection include: Duke Ellington; Ellington was not a street; Ella Fitzgerald: the tale of a vocal virtuosa; and John Henry read-along and discussion questions.
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (533 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This videodisc presents the rarely dramatized, tumultuous early years of King Henry VIII's nearly 40 year, omnipotent reign (1509-1547). In addition to his famous female consorts and 20+ year marriage to Catherine of Aragon and to the infamous dalliance with Anne Boleyn, the series delves in to Henry's most notable political relationship and the deconstruction of the Roman Catholic Church in England.
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