En medio de la Guerra de los Cien Años, el joven rey Enrique V de Inglaterra (Sir Kenneth Branagh) se embarca a la conquista de Francia en 1415.En medio de la Guerra de los Cien Años, el joven rey Enrique V de Inglaterra (Sir Kenneth Branagh) se embarca a la conquista de Francia en 1415.En medio de la Guerra de los Cien Años, el joven rey Enrique V de Inglaterra (Sir Kenneth Branagh) se embarca a la conquista de Francia en 1415.
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Argumento
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- CuriosidadesThis was one of Marlon Brando's favorite movies.
- PifiasIt's in William Shakespeare's text, but during the English lesson between Katherine and Alice, Katherine switches from the familiar "tu" (which is to be expected when a princess addresses a servant) to the formal "vous" (which would be appropriate for a younger person addressing an older one, were the younger one not of royal blood) in her first line of dialogue in this scene, and continues using it throughout thereafter.
- Citas
[Addressing the troops]
King Henry V: And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by from this day until the ending of the world but we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother, Be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition, and gentlemen in England now abed shall think themselves acursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whilst any speaks, that fought with us upon St. Crispin's day!
- Créditos adicionalesThe Chorus starts the film by opening the doors to the English court in the Prologue, and ends the film by closing those doors in the Epilogue.
When I saw the slightly more famous version of this story from Lawrence Olivier I must admit that I liked it but struggled with simply it was delivered and how the focus was flag-waving. With Branagh's version I was amused by the fact that I got a lot more from it even though it was clearly made with a lot fewer resources to hand. The downside of this is that the film does not have the majesty and the sweep of the dialogue and scenes tend to be smaller and reliant on darkness. At times the cinematography looks drab and does seem like it belongs on the television rather than the cinema but, credit where it is due, the Agincourt battle is impressive regardless of the restrains on it.
Where the film is better than Olivier's is in the delivery of the language and the direction of the material. Branagh brings out so much more of interest in the material than just national pride. He brings more of the story with the sense of pride countered with the horror of war, the reality of the lower classes and such. The only things I thought he should have dropped were both scenes that involved Katherine, the first was a bit out of step with his vision of the rest of the story, while the final scene makes for a weaker ending than should have been.
The cast aids him greatly in bringing this approach out to its potential. Branagh himself leads the cast well and gets better as the film goes on and putting as much effort into the smaller moments as he does into the famous scenes. I thought Jacobi was excellent and really sold his narration and made the device of a modern chorus work well. The cast is deep in talent in every area, from characters with big parts to those with only a few moments on screen. Holm, Sessions, Blessed, Coltrane, Scofield, McEwan, Briers, Dench and others are all excellent and a young Christian Bale is good in a minor role.
Overall then, this may not be considered to be better than Olivier's version but to me it is, thanks to the greater interest it shows in the material. The cast respond well to this and the delivery is with a passion and meaning that makes up for the limits of budget and a bit of a "tv" feel.
- bob the moo
- 28 oct 2007
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- País de origen
- Idiomas
- Títulos en diferentes países
- Henry V
- Localizaciones del rodaje
- Crowlink, East Sussex, Inglaterra, Reino Unido(exteriors: prologue - cliffs)
- Empresas productoras
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Taquilla
- Presupuesto
- 9.000.000 US$ (estimación)
- Recaudación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
- 10.161.099 US$
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- 64.933 US$
- 12 nov 1989
- Recaudación en todo el mundo
- 10.161.099 US$
- Duración2 horas 17 minutos
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.85 : 1