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Film debut of Benedict Cumberbatch.
The execution of King Charles I was filmed on the exact same day the actual execution took place some 300 years earlier.
Rupert Everett studied Alec Guinness playing the same character (King Charles I) in the film Cromwell (1970) and used Guinness' way of portraying the stuttering of the king as basis for his own performance.
Rupert Everett agreed to play King Charles I only if he got to play the trial scene.
The films turbulent production was constantly beset with financial problems & funding went bankrupt twice during filming. the film was only barely completed & eventually released through private investment.
"Denzil Holles: At last we all can sleep soundly, knowing that for once the King cannot impose a new tax on us in the morning. Sir Thomas Fairfax: You make it sound as if you fought the war only to save your profits, Holles!"
"[first lines] Sir Thomas Fairfax: I now believe that all crowns corrupt those who wear them."
