Henry V. (1944)

Directors

Laurence Olivier

Cast

Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer, Robert Helpmann, Vernon Greeves, Nicholas Hannen, Gerald Case, Griffith Jones, Morland Graham, Michael Warre, Ralph Truman, Ernest Thesiger, Frederick Cooper, Roy Emerton, Robert Newton, Freda Jackson, George Cole, George Robey, Harcourt Williams, Russell Thorndike, Leo Genn, Francis Lister, Max Adrian, Jonathan Field, Esmond Knight, Michael Shepley, John Laurie, Niall MacGinnis, Frank Tickle, Renée Asherson, Ivy St. Helier, Janet Burnell, Brian Nissen, Arthur Hambling, Jimmy Hanley, Ernest Hare, Valentine Dyall

The story

The action moves from a performance of the play, Henry V, in 1600, transitioning to the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, then back to the play. A panorama of London in 1600 is shown and then the viewpoint travels to the Globe Theatre where the audience is being seated. The Chorus enters and implores the audience to use their imagination to visualise the setting of the play.

Genres

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