Cromwell (film)

It stars Richard Harris in the title role, with Alec Guinness as King Charles I of England and Robert Morley as the Earl of Manchester.

The film was criticised by some for its historical inaccuracies. The main problem is that it seriously exagerrates Cromwell's role in the events leading up to the outbreak of the English Civil War, e.g. he was not one of the MPs who the king tried to arrest when he entered the House of Commons. It puts forward an inaccurate stereotype of Roundheads and Cavaliers wearing different clothing, in reality they dressed the same. It also misses out the Battle of Marston Moor, the largest battle of the Civil War, where Cromwell played an important role in the parliamentary victory. Manchester, a lord, is inaccurately shown as sitting in the House Of Commons. Cromwell was a captain at the Battle of Edgehill, he only became a colonel shortly afterwards.

External link

• IMDB entry on the film