Cardinal Wolsey

Cardinal Wolsey — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 2, 1912
• Runtime
• 9 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Laurence Trimble

Cardinal Wolsey — Cast

Hal Reid Cardinal Wolsey Julia Swayne Gordon Catherine of Aragon Clara Kimball Young Anne Boleyn Tefft Johnson King Henry VIII Robert Gaillard Gardiner, later Bishop of Winchester

L

Logan Paul Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

G

George Ober Bishop of Essex Hal Wilson King's friend (as Harold Wilson)