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Film · 1944 · Shakespeare
Henry V (1944)
Directed by Laurence Olivier
1944
United Kingdom
★ 3.4 editorial score
Made during the war and dedicated to the commandos and airborne troops of Britain: Laurence Olivier opens inside the Globe and then simply walks the film out into the real world.
“Out of Will Shakespeare's rather turgid "Chronicle Historic of King Henry the Fifth", a fine group of British film craftsmen and actors, headed by Laurence Olivier, have concocted a stunningly brilliant and intriguing screen spectacle, rich in theatrical invention, in heroic imagery and also gracefully regardful of the conventions of the Elizabethan stage.”
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