In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.
Acting
Branagh's St. Crispin's Day speech will rearrange your DNA.
Cinematography
Agincourt: endless mud, pouring rain, genuine chaos.
Direction
Branagh directing himself through Shakespeare's war machine.
Director
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh
Henry V
Derek Jacobi
Chorus
Brian Blessed
Exeter
James Larkin
Bedford
Paul Scofield
French King
Emma Thompson
Katherine
Judi Dench
Mistress Quickly
Simon Shepherd
Duke Humphrey of Gloucester
James Simmons
Duke Edward of York
Charles Kay
Archbishop of Canterbury
Alec McCowen
Bishop of Ely
Jay Villiers
Sir Thomas Grey
Ian Holm
Captain Fluellen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Branagh filmed this at 28, making him the youngest actor to direct himself as Shakespeare's Henry on screen.
Released during Thatcher's Britain, critics read Agincourt as Falklands War propaganda — Branagh insisted on the mud and moral rot to resist that reading.
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