Henry V

Synopsis

Feature film version of Shakespeare’s play. Kenneth Branagh’s directorial debut which is widely regarded as heralding a ‘renaissance’ in filmed Shakespeare in the 1990s.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1989

Duration

137 mins; 12, 344 feet

Credits

Director

Kenneth Branagh

Producer

Bruce Sharman

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Patrick Doyle

Costume

Phyllis Dalton

Cast

Kenneth Branagh	King Henry V
Derek Jacobi	Chorus
Charles Kay	Archbishop of Canterbury
Emma Thompson	Katherine
Michael Maloney	Dauphin
Alec McCowen	Bishop of Ely
Brian Blessed	Duke of Exeter
Christian Bale	Boy (Falstaff’s page)
Christopher Ravenscroft	Montjoy
David Parfitt	Messenger
Fabian Cartwright	Richard, Earl of Cambridge
Geoffrey Hutchings	Nim
Geraldine McEwan	Alice
Harold Innocent	Duke of Burgundy
Ian Holm	Fluellen
James Larkin	Duke of Bedford
James Simmons	Duke of York
James Villiers	Sir Thomas Grey
Jimmy Yuill	Jamy
John Sessions	Macmorris
Judi Dench	Hostess, formerly Mistress Quickly
Michael Williams	Michael Williams
Paul Gregory	Earl of Westmoreland
Paul Scofield	King Charles VI of France
Richard Briers	Bardolph
Richard Clifford	Duke of Orleans
Robbie Coltrane	Sir John Falstaff
Robert Stephens	Pistol
Simon Shepherd	Duke of Gloucester

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Historical period

Medieval

Plays

Henry V

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Related items

Kenneth Branagh, Film Director for Henry V

Little Touch of Harry: The Making of Henry V, A

Notes

Notes

The DVD is a wide-screen version. Budget estimated $9,000,000.

Figures

$10,161,099 gross USA (2005) Box Office Guru

Awards

Academy Award 1990 - Best Costume (Phyllis Dalton)
BAFTA Film Award 1990 - Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography (MacMillan), Best Costume Design, Best Production Design (Harvey). Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1990 - Best Foreign Film

Reviews

Crowl, Samuel, The Films of Kenneth Branagh (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2006), pp.19-36.

Production Company

Name

Renaissance Films

Distributor

Name

Curzon Artificial Eye

Email

info@curzon.com

Web

https://www.curzonartificialeye.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7240 5353

Address

22 Stukeley Street
London
WC2B 5LR

Notes

Known as ‘Curzon Film Distributors Ltd’ until 2016.

Distributor (Sale)

Name

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