Plot summary
Anna Boleyn comes home to England after years in France and lodges at the home of her uncle, the Duke of Norfolk. Her childhood sweetheart, Sir Henry Norris, is there as well, now a knight in the King's service. King Henry VIII would rather drink and chase women with his men than sit with his wife, Catherine. Anna is to join the Queen's ladies-in-waiting and be presented to her on the Queen's name day. The King fails to appear, and Catherine declines to receive anyone. He then arrives without warning, and the Duke hurries his niece from the chamber; the door shuts on her dress. The King frees her and wants her.
Cast
- Hedwig Pauly-Wintersteinas Queen Catherine
- Hilde Mülleras Princess Marie
- Adolf Kleinas Cardinal Wolsey
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Anna Boleyn (1920)
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- Anna Boleyn cost an estimated 8 million marks to make, but the sale of the American rights alone brought in $200,000 — 14 million marks — recouping the whole budget.
- More than 4,000 extras took part in the filming of Anna Boleyn, whose exterior scenes were shot on the Ufa outdoor grounds in Tempelhof and at Liepnitzsee near Wandlitz.
- The production built a replica of Westminster Abbey complete with altar, choir stalls and apse, plus an old English quarter, a tournament ground and a road leading from the city gate to the Abbey.
