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The tragic story of the second wife of England’s Henry VIII is given a first-class treatment by Lubitsch, complete with opulent sets and some beautifully-shot exterior sequences. Henny Porten (Kohlhiesel’s Daughter, Backstairs) gives a memorable performance as Boleyn, but the film really belongs to Emil Jannings (The Last Laugh, The Blue Angel), one of Germany’s greatest screen stars, playing Henry. Jannings’s bravura performance conveys Henry’s decadence through his insatiable appetite for both food and women, but never reduces him to caricature or pure villain. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Henny Porten
German Empire
Best movies:
Crown of Thorns (1923)
Anna Boleyn (1920)
Kohlhiesel’s Daughters (1920)
Emil Jannings
Switzerland
Best movies:
Jealousy (1925)
The Last Laugh (1924)
Faust (1926)
Paul Hartmann
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Stars Shine (1938)
Roses for the Prosecutor (1959)
Paul Biensfeldt
Germany
Best movies:
Between Two Worlds (1921)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Madame DuBarry (1919)
Karl Platen
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Between Two Worlds (1921)
The Young Count (1935)
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Best movies:
Between Two Worlds (1921)
The Blue Angel (1930)
Phantom (1922)
Albert Steinrück
German Empire
Best movies:
Asphalt (1929)
The Golem (1920)
The Treasure (1923)
Sophie Pagay
Austrian Empire
Best movies:
Anna Boleyn (1920)
Gypsy Blood (1918)
Ludwig Hartau
German Empire
Best movies:
Anna Boleyn (1920)
Erling Hanson
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
Leaves From Satan's Book (1921)
Anna Boleyn (1920)
Aud Egede-Nissen
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Phantom (1922)
Hilde Warren and Death (1917)
Ferdinand von Alten
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Warning Shadows (1923)
The Man Who Cheated Life (1926)
Anna Boleyn (1920)