Cardinal Wolsey

Cardinal Wolsey (1912)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1912-01-02
  • Runtime: 0h 9min
  • Language: No Language
  • Production Company: Vitagraph Company of America
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Laurence Trimble, J. Stuart Blackton.

Summary

King Henry VIII smitten with Anne Boleyn wishes to displace his estimable Queen Catherine for her. He appeals to Cardinal Wolsey to set aside the tenets of the Church and consent to his divorce from the Queen. The cardinal absolutely refuses to do anything so inimical to his office, as representative of the Holy See. Angered King Henry induces the Archbishop of Canterbury to call a special council through which he divorces himself from Queen Catherine. In punishment for his refusal to accede to the king's wishes, the cardinal is exiled to Leicester Abbey where he dies three days afterward, conscious that he had sustained the sacredness of his office, a martyr to his faith and of service to his king.

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  • Hal Reid

    as Cardinal Wolsey
  • Julia Swayne Gordon

    as Catherine of Aragon
  • Clara Kimball Young

    as Anne Boleyn
  • Tefft Johnson

    as King Henry VIII
  • Robert Gaillard

    as Gardiner, later Bishop of Winchester
  • Logan Paul

    as Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • George Ober

    as Bishop of Essex
  • Hal Wilson

    as King's friend (as Harold Wilson)
Directing Laurence Trimble Director
Directing J. Stuart Blackton Director

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