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A Man for All Seasons
In the late 16th century in England, King Henry VIII wants to divorce his current Catholic wife and marry a new one. The film follows Lord Chancellor Thomas More on his attempt to obstruct the King's interest, in hope of avoiding mass chaos and maintaining the balance of the society.
22 January 1940, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
30 January 1937, Greenwich, London, England, UK
31 January 1944, Delhi, India
January 3, 1911 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
18 June 1942, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
23 September 1930, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
29 November 1889, Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK
15 April 1904, Scarborough, England, UK
27 February 1929, Burnley, England, UK
6 May 1915, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
4 June 1940, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
27 June 1931, St Columb Minor, Cornwall, England, UK
6 September 1941, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
15 December 1909, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
17 January 1936, Rochford, Essex, England, UK
August 31, 1940 in Gosport, Hampshire, England, UK
18 November 1910
April 7, 1922 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK
18 November 1932, Lewisham, London, England, UK
January 12, 1896 in Hackney, London, England, UK
February 18, 2015
Playwright Bolt, acting as his own scenarist, and director Fred Zinnemann have done a superb job of turning the play into a movie.
February 19, 2013
Fred Zinnemann's historical drama is the kind of authentic, stately yawner that probably wouldn't even score a greenlight today.
December 13, 2006
Robert Bolt's boring historical drama functions best as an anthology of British acting styles, circa 1966.
February 16, 2016
The film works well in all departments, in fact -- design, photography, and music. One just wishes that its central conception had been more interesting.
December 21, 2010
Superb movie of More's stand against Henry VIII.
August 30, 2012
There's more than a little of the school pageant in the rhythm of the movie: Though it's all neater than our school drama coaches could make it, the figures group and say their assigned lines and move on.
January 10, 2014
It's Scofield's picture -- his is an inspired performance of virtue with a dash of vanity.
February 09, 2006
Orson Welles alone relieves the boredom in a marvellous cameo as Cardinal Wolsey. If only they'd let him loose with the whole sorry history...
February 20, 2009
One of the most intelligent religious movies ever made.
February 18, 2015
It is profoundly stirring in its dramatic conception, appealing as it does to the mind, heart, eye and ear.
January 29, 2008
Producer-director Fred Zinnemann has blended all filmmaking elements into an excellent, handsome and stirring film version of A Man For All Seasons.