HENRY V

Year: 1945
UK: Park Circus Films
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Renee Asherson, Felix Aylmer, Robert Newton, Robert Helpmann, Gerald Case, Griffith Jones, Morland Graham, Nicholas Hannen, Michael Warre, Vernon Greeves, Leslie Banks, Ralph Truman, Ernest Thesiger, Roy Emerton, Freda Jackson, George Cole, George Robey, Harcourt Williams, Russell Thorndike, Leo Genn, Francis Lister, Max Adrian, Jonathan Field, Esmond Knight, Michael Shepley, John Laurie, Niall MacGinnis, Frank Tickle, Ivy St. Helier, Janet Burnell, Brian Nissen, Arthur Hambling, Jimmy Hanley, Valentine Dyall, Ernest Hare
Director: Laurence Olivier
Country: UK
UK: 138 mins
UK Certificate: U
UK Release Date: 21 August 2007 (Re-release)
UK Release Date: 10 August 2007 (Limited Re-release - London, BFI)
UK Distributor

Synopsis

Based on the most popular of Shakespeare's historical plays, HENRY V was made to boost the morale of British troops during World War II. Laurence Olivier was Oscar-nominated for his mesmerising performance as King Henry V, with an excellent supporting cast that includes theatre veterans Leslie Banks, Robert Newton, George Cole and Renee Ashershon.

The film was also Oscar nominated for Best Picture and winner of an Honorary Award for Laurence Olivier for his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director.

HENRY V has been re-mastered to the latest High Definition format with full digital restoration on the sound and picture, returning it to its intensely colourful former glory.