Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for... Read allKatherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.
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Linnea Martinsson
- Maud Lane
- (as Linnéa Martinsson)
Lisa Pyk
- Eleanor Browne
- (as Lisa Pyk Wirström)
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- GoofsKatherine Parr was not arrested in the presence of the king, nor was she dragged off to a dungeon. The warrant for her arrest was dropped, and found by a loyal servant, who brought it straight to her. Katherine completely lost her composure at seeing the king's signature on the document, and began to cry and scream. Henry heard her, and sent a servant to see what was the matter. When he found out, he sent word for her not to worry, and received her the next day. Katherine had learned her lesson; she was submissive and humble to Henry from then on, and he remanded her arrest warrant. Ultimately, her life was saved by his death.
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worth seeing but wrong director for historical period piece
Worth seeing movie but there are some significant problems - which are the fault of the director.
The positives: the film is absorbing with good performances, costumes and sets.
But a bunch of negatives, including some completely false presentation of history, particularly regarding Henry VIII's death.
This is unforgivable IMO.
And although the premise of the movie (based on a novel) is Catherine Parr as "feminist" queen, the movie inexplicably omits important information and context that actually illustrate her "feminist" achievements. For example no mention of her backstory (that she was twice a widow by the age of 31 when she was married to Henry VIII) and not clarifying her remarkable educational abilities and accomplishments including that she was fluent in Latin, French and Italian and the first woman in England to publish written work in English. Historians describe her as having good sense, moral rectitude, compassion, firm religious commitment, a strong sense of loyalty and devotion and embracing Henry's children Mary, Elizabeth and Edward.
There are also noticeable and distracting script and social behavior anachronisms - examples such as casual dialogue and contemporary language such as using the word "pregnant" instead of "with child"
Getting back to the director - a man, not British and Firebrand was his first English language film.
Hiring him as the director was a poor decision and disrespectful to the subject matter.
There would have been multiple other good choices - especially people with period piece experience such as Simon Curtis (Downton Abby), Tom Hooper (King's Speech), Stephen Frears.
The positives: the film is absorbing with good performances, costumes and sets.
But a bunch of negatives, including some completely false presentation of history, particularly regarding Henry VIII's death.
This is unforgivable IMO.
And although the premise of the movie (based on a novel) is Catherine Parr as "feminist" queen, the movie inexplicably omits important information and context that actually illustrate her "feminist" achievements. For example no mention of her backstory (that she was twice a widow by the age of 31 when she was married to Henry VIII) and not clarifying her remarkable educational abilities and accomplishments including that she was fluent in Latin, French and Italian and the first woman in England to publish written work in English. Historians describe her as having good sense, moral rectitude, compassion, firm religious commitment, a strong sense of loyalty and devotion and embracing Henry's children Mary, Elizabeth and Edward.
There are also noticeable and distracting script and social behavior anachronisms - examples such as casual dialogue and contemporary language such as using the word "pregnant" instead of "with child"
Getting back to the director - a man, not British and Firebrand was his first English language film.
Hiring him as the director was a poor decision and disrespectful to the subject matter.
There would have been multiple other good choices - especially people with period piece experience such as Simon Curtis (Downton Abby), Tom Hooper (King's Speech), Stephen Frears.
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- La Reina De Fuego
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- Gross US & Canada
- $521,366
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $233,373
- Jun 16, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $2,965,736
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
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- 2.39:1
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