Henry V (1944)
Directed by Laurence Olivier
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.
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Flouting the nobility-of-war theme of the History Plays, and the iconic dimension that made Laurence Olivier’s 1944 Henry V a rallying post for the British war effort in World War Two, Michôd’s film is a determinedly solemn and violent affair, which makes a sober political point at the end – but not before it has treated us to two hours of bleakly realistic historical reconstruction and some lugubrious drama.
If this doesn’t sound like the Henry V you remember from the movies, it’s because Sir Laurence Olivier’s version of Henry V cemented a different version of the character in the popular consciousness.
In Laurence Olivier’s 1944 film of “Henry V,” the St. Crispin’s Day speech is directed at a country fighting Hitler.
As director, Gibson's control over thousands of extras, in the swift succession of gruesome hand-to-hand battles, is as effective as anything in Laurence Olivier's Henry V.