VHS : Six Wives of Henry VIII: Anne Boleyn
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starring: Henny Porten, Emil Jannings, Paul Hartmann, Ludwig Hartau, Aud Egede Nissendirected by: Ernst Lubitsch
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302719581
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302719585
Label: Bfs Video
Manufacturer: Bfs Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 1993-02
Publisher: Bfs Video
Release Date: February 18, 1993
Running Time: 133 minutes
Sales Rank: 64852
Studio: Bfs Video
Theatrical Release Date: April 17, 1921
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Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - I didn't know this existed!! The most lifelike Henry VIII ever!!
I have to admit that being a Tudor history film buff, I had no idea that this movie existed until I saw some of it's footage used in Simon Schama's DVD set "A History of Britain." I saw that footage shocked in the realization that the person playing Henry VIII looked more like him than any other successor actors. This includes the great Charles Laughton & Keith Mitchell. Therefore I sought it out and was pleased to find that the restored version was available by Kino films.
The ... Read More
Rating: - A good historic costume drama
This DVD is one of four in KINO Video's "Lubitsch in Berlin" series which is bound to become an integral part of our modern-day collection and understanding of silent films because it highlights the eclectic work of one of Germany's leading film-makers and subsequently one of Hollywood's legendary directors, Ernst Lubitsch. Unlike the bulk of German silent films known today, many of which are in the Expressionist style, Lubitsch's films stand out as very different, and in particular his comedies have ... Read More
Rating:  - Lots Of Spectacle But Little Else.
I have always been surprised by the fact that the great German born director Ernst Lubitsch first made his reputation by a series of large scale silent costume dramas such as THE EYES OF THE MUMMY, MADAME DU BARRY (PASSION), and this film. Today he is remembered and revered for his comic touch in such talking films as NINOTCHKA and TO BE OR NOT TO BE and that is how it should be. The epic films are gorgeous to look at with large scale sets, elaborate costumes, and hundreds of extras but nothing that D.W. ... Read More
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