Spoilers - True-ish story of the time period between the rulers in England, 1553, when Seymour, Duke of Somerset was knocked off, and Edward VI had croaked. Helena Carter is Jane, Cary Elwes (Princess B!!) is her future husband, Guilford Dudley. The amazing Patrick Stewart is Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, aka Jane's dad. Jane only cares about her studies, and refuses to be married. Dudley is a wild child and doesn't really want to be married either. But it's all to keep the "right" religion protestants at the forefront, so they did what they must do out of duty. When the king died, Mary was still around, and would have the support of the catholics, so they rushed Jane to the throne, for a mere nine days. Until... Mary showed up and orders executions all around. According to wikipedia dot com, the only one spared was Jane's mother, who had married into the royal court, and was pardoned by Mary. And some of Jane's siblings. Wikipedia seems to have a very detailed account of the execution, and what led up to it. It's speculated that when Jane's father fought for the rebellion, this helped ensure her own execution. In spite of the fact that some wanted Jane pardoned. The film is quite good, in spite of taking numerous liberties with the facts. Directed by Trevor Nunn. Had written and directed a mix of things, including some shakespeare.
