In blood-soaked Tudor England, twice married, accomplished and educated Katherine Parr (Vikander), reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of King Henry VIII (Jude Law). Her consent to marry him carries great personal risk, given that her predecessors are either vanquished or dead. When Henry appoints Katherine as Regent during his absence when he departs to fight overseas, he lays a dangerous path for her. Henry’s courtiers, suspecting she’s sympathetic to radical Protestant beliefs, scheme against her and cast doubts upon her fidelity to the increasingly ailing and paranoid King.
Once Henry returns to England, his courtiers convince him to turn his fury on the nation’s radicals, including Katherine’s childhood friend Anne Askew, who becomes one of the scores of people convicted of treason and burned at the stake. Horrified and privately grieving, Katherine finds herself under ever-increasing scrutiny and suspicion. Knowing that even a whisper of scandal might lead to her downfall, Katherine must plot her own scheme in order to survive.
★★★★ “Incendiary…Jude Law is scarily good…A vividly constructed drama, expertly played” Kevin Maher, The Times
★★★★ “Jude Law is horribly good” Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph
★★★★ “Remarkable” Raphael Abraham, Financial Times
“Whip smart historical drama bristling with court intrigue” David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
“Jude Law’s obese and oozy Henry VIII rules supreme” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian