Today’s movie is period drama with a scene that happens on October 24, Watch and enjoy this film tonight.
HENRY V
A group of Londoners attend the Globe theatre to watch a play by William Shakespeare. The new King of England Henry V, after being insulted by the French Dauphin decides to pursue his claim to the French throne. The English army lands in France, besiege and capture Harfleur. The English army marches to Agincourt. On October 24, 1415 [1:02:48 to 1:28:42] King Henry wanders incognito in the army camp to try and learn what the troops think about him and the upcoming battle. The next day, in a fierce battle after a rousing speech by Henry, the outnumbered English defeat the French. Henry marries Princess Katherine daughter of the French King, Charles VI and is adopted by him as the heir of France. We return to the Globe as the actors take a bow to conclude the play.
The Encyclopedia of Military History from 3500 b.c. to
the Present by R. Ernest Dupuy & Trevor N. Dupuy (Harper & Row, New York, 1977) at page 413 gives the date.
Producers - Filippo Del Giudice and Laurence Olivier
Director - Laurence Olivier
Screenwriters - William Shakespeare, Dallas Bower, Alan Dent, Laurence Olivier
Awards – Laurence Olivier won a special Oscar. The film was also nominated for the Best Actor(Olivier), Best Picture, Best Score and Best At Direction at the 19th Academy Awards.
Runtime – 2 hours 16 minutes
Released – November 22, 1944
Starring – Laurence Olivier as Henry V of England, Renee Asherson as Catherine of Valois, Robert Newton as Ancient Pistol, Leslie Banks as the Chorus, Felix Aylmer as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Helpmann as the Bishop of Ely, Vernon Greeves as The English Herald, Gerald Case as the Earl of Westmoreland, Griffith Jones as the Earl of Salisbury, Morland Graham as Sir Thomas Erpingham, Nicholas Hannen as the Duke of Exeter, Michael Warre as the Duke of Gloucester, Ralph Truman as Mountjoy, The French Herald, Ernest Thesiger as the Duke of Berri., Frederick Cooper as Corporal Nym, Roy Emerton as Lieutenant Bardolph, Freda Jackson as Mistress Quickly, George Cole as the Boy, George Robey as Sir John Falstaff, Harcourt Williams as Charles VI of France, Russell Thorndike as the Duke of Bourbon, Leo Genn as The Constable of France, Francis Lister as the Duke of Orleans, Max Adrian as The Dauphin, Jonathan Field as The French Messenger, Esmond Knight as Fluellen, Michael Shepley as Gower, John Laurie as Jamy, Niall MacGinnis as MacMorris, Frank Tickle as The Governor of Harfleur, Ivy St. Helier as Alice, Janet Burnell as Queen Isabel of France, Brian Nissen as Court, Arthur Hambling as Bates, Jimmy Hanley as Williams, Ernest Hare as a Priest.
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