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Monarch

Monarch

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Monarch

"One night of torment"

2000

1h 49m

7.0(2 votes)

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From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and unfolds around one night when the injured ruler arrives at a manor house closed for the season.

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Jean Marsh

Jean Marsh

The Queens

James Coombes

James Coombes

Thorn

T. P. McKenna

T. P. McKenna

Henry VIII

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Directed by: John Walsh
Written by: John Walsh

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