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Henry V (Original title)Henry the Fifth (Alternative title)
Dates: 1989 (Copyright), 06 October 1989 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Synopsis: On learning of his legal claim to the French throne, King Henry V assembles an army and sets out to take it by force, scoring a rousing victory at the battle of Agincourt.

Genre:
Historical drama

Subjects:
British history, Henry V (play)
Releases
Date: 1989Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - Dolby / StereoRuntime: 137 mins Length: 12344 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 06 October 1989Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 137 mins Length: 12344 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Curzon
Date: 08 November 1989Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): English
Date: 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 137 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (117)
Production Company: Renaissance Films, Production Company: BBC, Production Company: Curzon Film Distributors, Executive Producer: Stephen Evans, Produced by: Bruce Sharman, Associate Producer: David Parfitt, Production Supervisor: Vincent Winter, Production Co-ordinator: Bi Benton, Production Accountant: Ron Phipps, Assistant Accountant: Sheala Daniell, Betty Williams, Assistant to Producer: Iona Price, Unit Runner: Lil Heyman, Sally Hoskins, 2nd Unit Director: Vic Armstrong, Assistant Director: David Tringham, Assistant to Director: Marilyn Eardley, 2nd Assistant Director: Ian Hickinbotham, 2nd Assistant Director: Michael Stevenson, 3rd Assistant Director: Adam Somner, Script Supervisor: Annie Wotton, Casting Director: Debbie McWilliams, Adapted for the Screen by: Kenneth Branagh, [Based on the play] By: William Shakespeare, Director of Photography: Kenneth Macmillan, Camera Operator: Malcolm Vinson, Camera Operator: Trevor Coop, Focus: John Deaton, Clapper Loader: Simon Finney, Camera Trainee: Adam Lee, Gaffer Electrician: Steve Mcleod, [Gaffer] Best Boy: Tom Brown, Camera Grip: Peter Butler, Stills Photographer: Sophie Baker, Special Effects Supervisor: Ian Wingrove, Senior Effects Technician: David Watson, Senior Effects Technician: Terry Glass, Trevor Wood, Special Effects Technician: Darrell Guyon, Assistant Special Effects Technician: Paul Clancy, Special Effects Trainee: Matthew Harlow, Modeller: Allan Moss, Editor: Michael Bradsell, Assistant Editor: Kevin Ahern, Trainee Editor: Michael Parfitt, Production Designer: Tim Harvey, Supervising Art Director: Norman Dorme, Art Director: John King, Martin Childs, Draughtsman: Jim Morahan, Junior Draughtsman: Steven Lawrence, Buyer: Celia Bobak, Property Master: Graham Sumner, Drapes Master: Gary Handley, Props Store Keeper: Derek Creedon, Chargehand Dressing Prop Man: Ron Higgins, Stand-by Chargehand Prop Man: Wesley Peppiatt, Stand-by Prop Man: Gary Wiffen, Prop Man: Alan Bailey, Graham Stickley, Art Department Assistant: Peter Dorme, Construction Co-ordinator: Michael Redding, Supervising Carpenter: Alan Brooks, Supervising Plasterer: Don Clayson, Supervising Rigger: Peter Wallace, Supervising Painter: Kavin Hall, Supervising Stagehand: Ken Wilson, Construction Storeman: Richard Lyon, Machinist: David Allistone, Costume Designer: Phyllis Dalton, Costume Supervisor: Richard Pointing, Assistant Costume Designer: Stephen Miles, Costume Assistant: John Birkinshaw, Costume Assistant: Vernon White, Costume Assistant: Don Mothersill, Costume Assistant: Jane Clive, Susan Coates, Wardrobe Mistress: Amelia Davies, Make-up Supervisor: Peter Frampton, Makeup (Artist): Kenneth Lintott, Beryl Lerman, Hairdresser: Sue Love, Assistant Hairdresser: Stephanie Kaye, Ronnie Cogan, Titles/Opticals: Optical Partnership, Music Composed by: Patrick Doyle, Music Performed by: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by: Simon Rattle, Chief Executive of Orchestra: Edward Smith, Assistant Executive of Orchestra: Michael Buckley, Orchestra Leader: Peter Thomas, Music Performed by: Stephen Hill Singers, Choral Master: Stephen Hill, Music Orchestrated by: Lawrence Ashmore, Music Editor: Graham Sutton, Music Recording Engineer: Chris Dibble, Sound Mixer: David Crozier, Boom Operator: Andrew Sissons, Sound Maintenance: Tim Worth, Dubbing Mixer: Robin O'Donoghue, Assistant Dubbing Mixer: Dominic Lester, Dialogue Editor: John Poyner, Dubbing Editor: Campbell Askew, Assistant Dubbing Editor: Gerard McCann, Assistant Dialogue Editor: Robert Gavin, Stunt Co-ordinator: Vic Armstrong, Technical Adviser: Hugh Cruttwell, Technical Adviser: Russell Jackson, Unit Nurse: Li Chin Tye, Unit Driver: Terry Pritchard, Unit Driver: John Hollywood, Barry Chentrens, Press Representative: Peter Thompson, Publicity Writer: Al Senter, Publicity Assistant: Christine Hathway, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast (44)
Christian Bale (boy), Derek Jacobi (chorus), Kenneth Branagh (Henry V), Simon Shepherd (Gloucester), James Larkin (Bedford), Brian Blessed (Exeter), James Simmons (York), Paul Gregory (Westmoreland), Charles Kay (Archbishop of Canterbury), Alec McCowen (Ely), Fabian Cartwright (Cambridge), Stephen Simms (Scroop), Jay Villiers (Grey), Edward Jewesbury (Erpingham), Ian Holm (Captain Fluellen), Daniel Webb (Gower), Jimmy Yuill (Jamy), John Sessions (MacMorris), Shaun Prendergast (Bates), Patrick Doyle (Court), Michael Williams (Williams), Richard Briers (Bardolph), Geoffrey Hutchings (Nym), Robert Stephens (Pistol), Robbie Coltrane (Sir John Falstaff), Judi Dench (Mistress Quickly), Paul Scofield (French king), Michael Maloney (Dauphin), Harold Innocent (Burgundy), Richard Clifford (Orléans), Colin Hurley (Grandpré), Richard Easton (constable), Christopher Ravenscroft (Mountjoy), Emma Thompson (Katherine), Geraldine McEwan (Alice), David Lloyd Meredith (Governor of Harfleur), David Parfitt (messenger), Nicholas Ferguson (Warwick), Tom Whitehouse (Talbot), Nigel Greaves (Berri), Julian Gartside (Bretagne), Mark Inman (1st soldier), Chris Armstrong (2nd soldier), Calum Yuill (child)