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Cromwell is a 1970 film, based on the life of Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector of Great Britain.

It stars Richard Harris in the title role, with Alec Guinness as King Charles I of England, Robert Morley as Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester and Timothy Dalton as Prince Rupert.

The film was criticised by some for its historical inaccuracies. The main problem is that it seriously exaggerates 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. Charles I is played with a Scottish accent, he was born in Scotland but moved to England at the age of only three, so this is unlikely.

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