A Man for All Seasons (1988)

Directors

Charlton Heston

Cast

Adrienne Thomas, Benjamin Whitrow, Charlton Heston, John Gielgud, John Hudson, Jonathan Hackett, Martin Chamberlain, Milton Cadman, Nicholas Amer, Richard Johnson, Roy Kinnear, Vanessa Redgrave

The story

King Henry VIII, denied permission by the Pope to divorce his wife, orders the aristocracy of England to recognize him as head of the English church and renounce their Catholic faith. Sir Thomas More, a devout Catholic and Henry's chief minister, is a man of principle and reason, and is thus placed in a difficult position: should he stand up for his principles, risking the wrath of a King fond of executing those who displease him? Or should he bow to the seemingly unstoppable corruption of Henry VIII, who has no qualms about bending the law to suit his own needs?

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