Nominated for ten Academy Awards and winner of four major Golden Globe Awards (Best Picture, Actress, Director, and Screenplay), this distinguished Hal B. Wallis production tells of Henry VIII's love for Anne Boleyn that led to the schism between England and the Roman Catholic Church. But when Anne gives birth to a daughter -- Elizabeth -- their relationship collapses into polarities that convert the personal into the political: Henry's desire for a son, and Anne's demand that her daughter be recognized as heir to the throne. Richard Burton is a a natural for Henry VIII and Genevieve Bujold manages to combine youth and determination in a wholly believable portrait of the tragic and beautiful queen.