To Kill a King

Name: To Kill a King
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure
Released: 2003-05-16
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 5.8

★ 5,8 /10 (75 Votes)

2003 EN 102 min

Overview

A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.

Release date

16/05/2003

Votes

Popularity

2.5

...It takes a traitor and a hero

Genres

Drama Action Adventure

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

102 min

Tim Roth

Oliver Cromwell

Dougray Scott

Thomas Fairfax

Olivia Williams

Lady Anne Fairfax

James Bolam

Denzil Holles

Corin Redgrave

Lord de Vere

Finbar Lynch

Cousin Henry

Julian Rhind-Tutt

James

Adrian Scarborough

Sergeant Joyce

Jeremy Swift

The Earl of Whitby

Rupert Everett

King Charles I

Steven Webb

Boy at Naseby

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Jake Nightingale

Captain Pride

Leonard Woodcock

Young Royalist Prisoner

Thomas Arnold

Messenger at Naseby

Sam Spruell

King's Guard

Julian Rivett

Little

Richard Bremmer

Abraham

Melissa Knatchbull

Lady Margaret Holles

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Patricia Kerrigan

Mrs Cromwell

John-Paul Macleod

Richard Cromwell

Jonathan Coy

Digby

Mary Roscoe

Lady Whitby

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Liam McKenna

Guard at Safe House

Louise Breckon-Richards

Tom's Maid

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Oliver Fox

The Earl of York

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Neil Howman

Doubter

Benedict Cumberbatch

Royalist

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Iain Rogerson

Man at Execution

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Andrew Cryer

Whitehall Messenger

Robert Sterne

Whitehall Guard

James Puddephatt

Merchant

Arthur Cox

Westminster Abbey Priest

Bruno Lastra

Spanish Ambassador

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Ella Barker

Molly Fairfax

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I was counting on you. You let me down. To Kill a King is directed by Mike Barker and written by Jenny Mayhew. It stars Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Olivia Williams, James Bolam and Rupert Everett. Music is by Richard G Mitchell and cinematography by Eigil Bryld. It’s the end of the English Civil War and with King Charles 1st (Everett) held prisoner by the Parliamentarians, Sir Thomas Fairfax (Scott) and Oliver Cromwell (Roth), friends and colleagues, fall out over the best plan of action for the New England. A severely troubled production and budgetary constraints left To Kill a King …

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History suggests that Oliver Cromwell (Tim Roth) was actually quite a reluctant rebel against the rule of Charles I (Rupert Everett) but that once he had the bit between his teeth, he proved ruthless in the execution of his task to remove the King and assert the supremancy of Parliament as the voice of the people. With the King now imprisoned at Whitehall Palace, though, there is considerable uncertainty as to what to do with him. With victory attained, what is to be gained by murdering a God-annointed king? On the other hand, could keeping him alive merely serve to galavise the hopeful Royali…

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