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Anne of the Thousand Days backdrop
He was King. She was barely 18. And in their thousand days they played out the most passionate and shocking love story in history!
Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 130 ratings · 18 Dec 1969 · English · 2h 25m · Released
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
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