Cardinal Wolsey

Cardinal Wolsey

Release date : January 2, 1912
Runtime : 9m
Countries of origin : United States of America /
Original Language : No Language /
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Production companies : Vitagraph Company of America /
January 2, 1912 9m United States of America Drama No Language More
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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
Cardinal Wolsey
Julia Swayne Gordon
Catherine of Aragon
Tefft Johnson
King Henry VIII
Robert Gaillard
Gardiner, later Bishop of Winchester
Logan Paul
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
George Ober
Bishop of Essex
Hal Wilson
King's friend (as Harold Wilson)

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  • title:Cardinal Wolsey
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1912
  • Runtime:9m
  • Genres: Drama ·
  • Countries of origin: United States of America ·
  • Original Language: No Language ·
  • Director: Laurence Trimble / J. Stuart Blackton /
  • Writers:
  • Production companies: Vitagraph Company of America ·
  • Overview: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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