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- BFI identifier32159
- Date1944-11 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisFilmed adaptation of the Shakespeare play. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThe title HENRY V never appears on the actual film. What does appear is a playbill with the following: The Chronicle History of KING HENRY THE FIFT with his battell fought at Agincourt in France by Will Shakespeare will be played by The Lord Chamberlain's Men at the GLOBE PLAYHOUSE THIS DAY THE FIRST OF MAY 1600 A second playbill later on in the film gives the following variation: The Chronicle History of HENRY THE FIFT with his battell fought at AGIN COURT IN FRANCE The opening credits also include the following statement: To the Commandos and Airborne Troops of Great Britain the spirit of whose ancestors it has been humbly attempted to recapture in some ensuing scenes this film is dedicated
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- CreditsDirected by: Laurence Olivier
Production Company: Two Cities Films
Produced by: Laurence Olivier
view all - CastLeslie Banks (Chorus)
Felix Aylmer (Archbishop of Canterbury)
Robert Helpmann (Bishop of Ely)
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Title
Henry V (Original)
The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battel Fought at Agincourt in France (Alternative)
Henry the Fifth (Help search)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/3E00-782B-CD8C-7144-6EFC-2Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - CTA - Combined - Viewing
35mm Positive - Combined - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
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view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: Shooting script - SCR-9420
Script - Script type: Release script - SCR-9421
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-32159
For examples of programmes see CINEMA EPHEMERA: LONDON (Marble Arch Pavilion and Palace Theatre) and REGIONS (Gerrards Cross Essoldo). Small pressbook held.
view all - Posters / DesignsDesign: costume - Design for King Henry V of England (Laurence Olivier). Shown in full battle armour on horseback - PD-12816
Poster: film - Quad poster for the British release - PD-3350
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-3fg
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-4p2
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-2na
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00m-v9i
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-3to
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- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes April 2016
available to view in BFI Reuben Library