A Man for All Seasons
In the late 16th century in England, King Henry VIII wants to divorce his current Catholic wife and marry a new one. The film follows Lord Chancellor Thomas More on his attempt to obstruct the King's interest, in hope of avoiding mass chaos and maintaining the balance of the society.
23 September 1930, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
25 July 1907, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
13 February 1898, Strand, London, England, UK
17 January 1936, Rochford, Essex, England, UK
26 December 1934, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
29 April 1943, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
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22 January 1940, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
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30 January 1937, Greenwich, London, England, UK
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27 February 1929, Burnley, England, UK
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November 7, 1933 in Marylebone, London, England, UK
1942 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England, UK
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4 June 1940, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
23 May 1928, Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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15 April 1904, Scarborough, England, UK
February 19, 2013
Fred Zinnemann's historical drama is the kind of authentic, stately yawner that probably wouldn't even score a greenlight today.
December 21, 2010
Superb movie of More's stand against Henry VIII.
February 18, 2015
Playwright Bolt, acting as his own scenarist, and director Fred Zinnemann have done a superb job of turning the play into a movie.
January 29, 2008
Producer-director Fred Zinnemann has blended all filmmaking elements into an excellent, handsome and stirring film version of A Man For All Seasons.
February 16, 2016
The film works well in all departments, in fact -- design, photography, and music. One just wishes that its central conception had been more interesting.
December 13, 2006
Robert Bolt's boring historical drama functions best as an anthology of British acting styles, circa 1966.
August 30, 2012
There's more than a little of the school pageant in the rhythm of the movie: Though it's all neater than our school drama coaches could make it, the figures group and say their assigned lines and move on.
January 10, 2014
It's Scofield's picture -- his is an inspired performance of virtue with a dash of vanity.
February 20, 2009
One of the most intelligent religious movies ever made.
February 09, 2006
Orson Welles alone relieves the boredom in a marvellous cameo as Cardinal Wolsey. If only they'd let him loose with the whole sorry history...
February 18, 2015
It is profoundly stirring in its dramatic conception, appealing as it does to the mind, heart, eye and ear.
