One of the best historical movies ever made (1966). Directed by Fred Zinnemann and based on a play by Robert Bolt, it tells the story of the last years of Sir Thomas More, the best Englishman of his time --perhaps of all times --, brilliant intellectual and politician, author of "Utopia", a martyr for free conscience and a Catholic Saint. He is played by Paul Scofield. The action takes place in 1529-35.

In this scene, he talks to Cardinal Wolsey, High Chancellor of England, played by the extraordinary Orson Wells. Bolt so describes this character: "Old. A big decayed body in scarlet. An almost megalomaniac ambition unhappily matched by an excelling intellect, he now inhabits a lonely den of self-indulgence and contempt."

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