Film record

Henry V

1989Feature film137 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United Kingdom
Languages
English · French
Genres
drama film · action film · war film · epic film · historical drama film · biographical film · medieval film · period drama film

Credits

Art department

Tim Harvey — Production design

Cinematography

Kenneth MacMillan — Cinematography

Costume

Phyllis Dalton — Costume design

Direction

Kenneth Branagh — Directing

Music

Patrick Doyle — Music composition

Cast

Paul Scofield — Acting (Charles VI, King of France)
Ian Holm — Acting (Captain Fluellen)
Emma Thompson — Acting (Katharine)
Alec McCowen — Acting (Bishop of Ely)
Christian Bale — Acting (Robin the luggage-boy)
Kenneth Branagh — Acting (King Henry V)
Derek Jacobi — Acting (chorus)
Richard Briers — Acting (Bardolph)
Robert Stephens — Acting (Pistol)
Brian Blessed — Acting (Duke Thomas Beaufort of Exeter)
Danny Webb — Acting (Gower)
Geraldine McEwan — Acting (Alice)
John Sessions — Acting (Macmorris)
Michael Maloney — Acting (the Dauphin)
Simon Shepherd — Acting (Duke Humphrey of Gloucester)
Judi Dench — Acting (Mistress Quickly)
Robbie Coltrane — Acting (Sir John Falstaff)
Colin Hurley — Acting (Grandpré)
Charles Kay — Acting (Archbishop of Canterbury)
Edward Jewesbury — Acting (Thomas Erpingham)
James Larkin — Acting (Duke John of Bedford)
Patrick Doyle — Acting (Court)
James Simmons — Acting (Duke Edward of York)
Richard Easton — Acting (the Constable of France)
Christopher Ravenscroft — Acting (Mountjoy, a French herald)
Nicholas Ferguson — Acting (Earl of Warwick)
Jimmy Yuill — Acting (Jamy)
Michael Williams — Acting (Michael Williams)
Geoffrey Hutchings — Acting (Nym)
Nigel Greaves — Acting (Duke of Berry)
Harold Innocent — Acting (Duke of Burgundy)
David Lloyd Meredith — Acting (the Governor of Harfleur)
David Parfitt — Acting (Messenger)
Paul Gregory — Acting (Earl of Westmorland)
Tom Whitehouse — Acting (John Talbot)
Fabian Cartwright — Acting (Earl of Cambridge)
Stephen Simms — Acting (Lord Scroop)
Jay Villiers — Acting (Thomas Grey)
Richard Clifford — Acting (Charles, Duke of Orléans)
Julian Gartside — Acting (Duke of Bretagne)

Production

Bruce Sharman — Production
Stephen Evans — Executive production

Writing

Kenneth Branagh — Screenwriting
Documented participation

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Releases by territory

United Kingdom · Original release
6 Oct 1989Checked 29 Sep 2026
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