Learning on ScreenHenry V (1944)
- Synopsis
- Feature film and Olivier’s directorial debut. The film opens with a typical performance at the Globe Theatre in 1600, moves gradually into reality for the battle and then returns to the Globe. Intended as wartime propaganda and dedicated to the commando and airborne troops of Great Britain.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Video; Film. 16mm. col. 137 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 137 min. DVD. col. 137 min
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1944
- Year of production
- 1944
- Availability
- Hire (film or video - Filmbank)
Sale (video and DVD - all other distributors); 2004 sale: £9.99 (inclusive) - Notes
- A version with French subtitles is available from Filmbank Distributors Ltd. Also available from Filmbank are the following study extracts: The Globe Theatre - Prologue, Act 1 scenes i and ii (22 min); the Battle of Agincourt - Act IV (8 min).
Budget: £475,000 (50% more than estimated).
Birmingham Shakespeare Library holds a typescript - ` revised treatment for a technicolor film’. - Documentation
- Study notes prepared by Ron Hammond, Oxford Polytechnic (1985), available from Trumedia.
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Henry V Globe Theatre
- Music of the ‘Speare
- Shakespeare’s Theater
- World Turned Upside Down, The
Credits
- Director
- Laurence Olivier
- Producer
- Laurence Olivier
- Cinematographer
- Robert Krasker
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- William Walton
- Costume
- Roger Furse
- Art Direction
- Paul Sheriff
- Cast
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £9.99 (retail)
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 137 minutes
- Year
- 2004
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
- Availability
- Hire
- Duration/Size
- 137 minutes
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £11.70 (Trumedia)
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 137 minutes
- Year
- 2004
Production Company
- Name
Two Cities Films
Distributor
- Name
Carlton Visual Entertainment
- Web
- http://www.carlton.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7486 6688
- Fax
- 020 7486 1132
- Address
- 5th Floor
35-38 Portman Square
London
W1H 0NU
Distributor (Hire)
- Name
Filmbankmedia
- info@filmbankmedia.com
- Web
- https://www.filmbankmedia.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 3866 6525
- Address
- 1st Floor, 67-74 Saffron Hill
London
EC1N 8QX
UK - Notes
- The main source in the UK for hire of feature films for non-theatrical presentations. The extensive catalogue includes vintage classics, independent films and big blockbusters. Available on 16mm as well as VHS and DVD. Also provides advice on contractual matters.
Distributor (Sale)
Available from retail outlets
- Name
Trumedia Ltd
- Contact
- Bill Cotton
- sales@trumedia.co.uk
- Web
- https://trumedia.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01865 847837
- Fax
- 01865 847837
- Address
- 9 Meadow View
Kidlington
Kidlington
OX5 2XY - Notes
- Trumedia supplies video tapes and DVDs to UK schools, colleges and universities and is geared up to take official orders from educational institutions. The catalogue highlights programmes likely to be of use in the curriculum, but the company can supply any video in current UK distribution, as well as some deleted titles. Particularly strong in the areas of English literature and drama, as well as history, natural history, art & artists, and foreign language films.
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