Does Young Bess end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Young Bess easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More sad than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Young Bess violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Young Bess

Name: Young Bess
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: 1953
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton, Kay Walsh

A Great and Spectacular Drama!

Directed by George Sidney

Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

1953112 min5.8 / 10

A lavish historical drama tracing Elizabeth I's perilous rise to power through court intrigue, romance, and family tragedy in Tudor England.

The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.

Clusters

Ordinary Lives During Historic Events Duty, Redemption, and Chosen Bonds Adventure, Honor, and Hard-Won Loyalty Wartime Romance Medieval Period

Genres

Drama History Romance

Keywords

England Queen Biography Tudor Historical Figure 16th Century

Questions people ask

Does Young Bess end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Young Bess easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.
Is Young Bess sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.
Is Young Bess scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Young Bess violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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