The Other Boleyn Girl
The Other Boleyn Girl is a 2008 historical romantic drama film directed by Justin Chadwick. The screenplay by Peter Morgan was adapted from Philippa Gregory’s 2001 novel of the same name. It is a fictionalised account of the lives of 16th-century aristocrats Mary Boleyn, one-time mistress of King Henry VIII, and her sister, Anne, who became the monarch's ill-fated second wife, though the film does not represent history accurately.
Plot
Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon has not produced a male heir. Their surviving child is Princess Mary, whom the King fears cannot successfully rule as a woman. Meanwhile, Mary Boleyn marries William Carey. Mary's uncle, Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk and her father, Thomas Boleyn plot to install Mary's sister, Anne, as the King's mistress, hoping she will bear him a son and improve the family's status. Anne accepts.
Cast
- Alfie Allen
- Ana Torrent
- Andrew Garfield
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Bill Wallis
- Constance Stride
- Corinne Galloway
- David Morrissey
- Eddie Redmayne
- Eric Bana
- Iain Mitchell
- Jim Sturgess
- Juno Temple
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Maisie Smith
- Mark Lewis Jones
- Mark Rylance
- Michael Smiley
- Natalie Portman
- Oliver Coleman
- Scarlett Johansson
More details
author | Peter Morgan |
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contentLocation | London |
director | Justin Chadwick |
editor | Carol Littleton Paul Knight |
events | Anne Boleyn Henry VIII of England Mary Boleyn |
genre | drama historical romance |
keywords | anne arrest behead catherine of aragon catholic church church confine elizabeth elizabeth i of england exile french court henry viii hunting accident injured jane seymour lady-in-waiting married mary i of england pope pope clement vii princess mary speak supreme head survive the king traumatize two generations william carey |
musicBy | Paul Cantelon |
nomination | Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actor |
producer | Alison Owen |
productionCompany | Columbia Pictures Focus Features Relativity Media |
publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing Universal Pictures International |
recordedAt | Ely Cathedral |
theme | biographical biographical drama romantic drama spy |