The great adventure of a king who defied the odds to prove himself a man.
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.
WarDramaHistoryfrancekingdomtheater playbased on true storybased on play or musicalhundred years' warsword fighthonorbattlefieldhistoricalcombatmedieval
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Character
Earnest, grave, epic and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
- unpretentiousprestige
Who loves it, who doesn't
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Cast
- Kenneth BranaghHenry V
- Derek JacobiChorus
- Brian BlessedExeter
- James LarkinBedford
- Paul ScofieldFrench King
- Emma ThompsonKatherine
- Judi DenchMistress Quickly
- Simon ShepherdDuke Humphrey of Gloucester
- James SimmonsDuke Edward of York
- Charles KayArchbishop of Canterbury
Crew
- Kenneth BranaghDirector
- Kenneth BranaghWriter
- Kenneth MacMillanDirector of Photography
- Patrick DoyleOriginal Music Composer
- Michael BradsellEditor
- Bruce SharmanProducer
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