Wolf Hall 2015

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impass steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?

Cast:

Mark Rylance
Thomas Cromwell 

Damian Lewis
Henry VIII 

Claire Foy
Anne Boleyn 

Jonathan Pryce
Cardinal Wolsey 

Joanne Whalley
Katherine of Aragon 

Mark Gatiss
Stephen Gardiner 

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