To Kill a King

When power-hungry, villainous, callous deputy Oliver Cromwell (Tim Roth) convenes a kangaroo court in 1649 to convict and behead King Charles I (Rupert Everett) for crimes against Britain after the English Civil War that pitted Cavaliers against the Roundheads in this colorful, uneven, historical, 2003 political film filled with gorgeous cinematography and costumes, his right-hand counsel Lord General Thomas Fairfax (Dougray Scott), who leads the parliamentary army and was married to Lady Anne (Olivia Williams), puts his friendship and life in jeopardy as he tries desperately to counsel his lifelong friend who has strayed down the wrong moral, ethical, and political path.
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