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The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France

Year:

1946

Duration:

137 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama | History | War

IMDB rate:

7.3

Director:

Laurence Olivier

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 10 wins

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1946-06-17

Filming Locations: County Wicklow, Ireland

Cast

Actor

Character

Ernest Thesiger

Leslie Banks

Chorus

Felix Aylmer

Archbishop of Canterbury

Robert Helpmann

Bishop of Ely

Vernon Greeves

The English Herald

Gerald Case

Earl of Westmoreland

Griffith Jones

Earl of Salisbury

Morland Graham

Sir Thomas Erpingham

Nicholas Hannen

Duke of Exeter

Michael Warre

Duke of Gloucester

Laurence Olivier

King Henry V of England

Ralph Truman

Mountjoy - The French Herald

Frederick Cooper

Corporal Nym

Roy Emerton

Lieutenant Bardolph

Robert Newton

Ancient Pistol

Freda Jackson

Mistress Quickly

George Cole

Boy

George Robey

Sir John Falstaff

Harcourt Williams

King Charles VI of France

Russell Thorndike

Duke of Bourbon

Leo Genn

The Constable of France

Francis Lister

Duke of Orleans

Max Adrian

The Dauphin

Jonathan Field

The French Messenger

Esmond Knight

Fluellen - Captain in the English Army

Michael Shepley

Gower - Captain in the English Army

John Laurie

Jamy - Captain in the English Army

Niall MacGinnis

Macmorris - Captain in the English Army

Frank Tickle

The Governor of Harfleur

Renée Asherson

Princess Katherine

Ivy St. Helier

Alice

Janet Burnell

Queen Isabel of France

Brian Nissen

Court - Soldier in the English Army

Arthur Hambling

Bates - Soldier in the English Army

Jimmy Hanley

Williams - Soldier in the English Army

Ernest Hare

A Priest

Valentine Dyall

Duke of Burgundy

Patric Doonan

Minor Role (uncredited)

Derek Lansiaux

The Boy Who Hangs the Banner Announcing the Start of Each New Act (uncredited)

Anthony Newley

Boy in English Camp (uncredited)

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Trivia

Princess Katherine was approximately 14 years old at the time of The Battle of Agincourt, however, Renée Asherson was approximately 29 years old at the time of production of the film, more than twice the age of the real life character Asherson was portraying.

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The most significant cuts to the text - the ones which generally provoke criticism at Henry as a king - were reputedly made at Winston Churchill's request.

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Laurence Olivier was 37 when he tackled this challenging production.

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Quotes

Chorus: O! for a Muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention; a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene. Then should the war-like Harry, like himself, assume the port of Mars; and at his heels, leashed in like hounds, would famine, word, and fire crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, the flat unraised spirits that hath dared on this unworthy scaffold to bring forth so great an object: can this cockpit hold the vasty fields of France? or may we cram within this wooden O

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