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Title:Cromwell


Date: 1970
Type: Historical drama / Biography
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Ken Hughes
Producer: Irving Allen

Comment
Oliver Cromwell leads the parlimentarian cause in its fight with King Charles I over the divine right of kings to rule and how England is to be governed. against the back drop of the reformation and protestant /catholic divide. The film gives a reasonably accurate version of the civil, but as is always the case a feature film will never capture all complex sublties of the characters, politics and religion of the period.THat said Ricahrd Harris and Alec Guiness give good performances along with a strong British cast.

Actors

Richard HarrisRichard Harris
Alec GuinnessAlec Guiness
Dorothy Tutin
Timothy DaltonTimothy Dalton
Frank FinlayFrank Finlay
Charles GrayCharles Gray
Stratford Johns
Goeffrey Keen
Patrick Magee
Robert MorleyRobert Morley
Patrick Wymark

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Cromwell