SYNOPSIS
Following the rise of Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris) to power as Lord Protector and in the process was central to bringing King Charles I to trial and exectution. In doing so, Cromwell laid the seeds for the more democratic Great Britain of today. This amazing story is told in an epic and lavish style in Director Ken Hughes CROMWELL with world class performances from Harris and Alec Guinness as the noble, but doomed, Charles I.