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Shakespeare's "Henry V" is a favorite play of the British in times of national crisis, and in 1944, during the darkest days of World War II, Laurence Olivier directed and starred in it as a patriotic call to the barricades.
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In this gritty screen adaptation of Shakespeare's play about the heroic and ruthless king, Henry V of England (Kenneth Branagh) determines to lay claim to the kingdom of France.
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- Kenneth Branagh
- PG-13
- Kenneth Branagh
From Derek Jacobi's brilliant opening soliloquy as The Chorus to the climactic battle sequence and the following sequence of King Henry's surveying of the carnage on the battlefield, this is a film that never lags, owing to Branagh's willingness to excise certain sequences that don't translate well to film- a move that Olivier was unwilling to ...
Nov 8, 1989 · Henry V: Directed by Kenneth Branagh. With Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh, Simon Shepherd, James Larkin. In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Kenneth Branagh
- 1989-11-08
An alert, rousing interpretation of "Henry V," Branagh beats down the doors of high art and drags the sleeping bard into the light of modern day. See all 17 reviews on Metacritic.com. See all external reviews for Henry V.
Henry V - Metacritic. 1989. PG-13. Samuel Goldwyn Company, The. 2 h 17 m. Summary The English king invades France and wins the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of William Shakespeare's Henry V. Biography.
Though it was acclaimed upon release and remains a favorite among the Bard's faithful, Kenneth Branagh's Henry V has somehow slipped out of the popular rotation despite being a perfectly solid gem of a Shakespeare adaptation.
