36 Films & TV Shows Set In United Kingdom During The 16th Century
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Drake of England
England 🇪🇸 Spain The 16th CenturyTake to the high seas for a heart-stopping tale of riches, war and romance with England's dashing pirate hero! — Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of England, one of his final films, he takes the title role in Arthur Woods' portrayal of the life and times of the flamboyant piratical adventurer who founded Britain's sea fortunes. From clandestine romance at the court of Elizabeth I to conquests in the newly discovered lands of South America and spectacular victory over the Armada, Drake of England offers a panoramic overview of Drake's life.
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The Private Life of Henry VIII
England The 16th CenturyHE GAVE HIS WIVES A PAIN IN THE NECK, And did his necking with an axe. Henry, the Eighth Wonder of the World! And this picture...the wonder of all time! — Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.
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The Lady of the Lake
Scotland The 16th CenturyIn 15th century Scotland, a woman of an outlaw clan tries to rescue both her father and her lover when they're captured by the king's men.
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The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
Scotland England The 16th CenturyThe Dauphin's widow weds a lord and is executed for plotting against the queen.
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When Knighthood Was in Flower
England The 16th CenturyMary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She convinces her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to the aging King Louis XII of France as part of a peace agreement.
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Anna Boleyn
England The 16th CenturyThe story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.
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Prinz und Bettelknabe
England The 16th CenturyAlexander Korda's early German adaptation of Mark Twain's historical fiction novel about two young boys who are born on the same day and identical in appearance but of very different origin: Edward the Prince of Wales son of Henry VIII and Tom Canty the son of an lowly pauper.
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Maria Tudor
England The 16th CenturySilent Film Drama by Adolf Gärtner. Starring Ellen Richter
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Henry VIII
England The 16th CenturyDirected by William Barker.