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Herny V Henry V (1989) Directed by Kenneth Branagh Produced by Stephen Evans This is a film adaptation of a classic play that Shakespeare wrote early in his career. The story takes place during the Hundred Years War between England and France. A young King Henry V played by Kenneth Branagh, (a well known Shakespearean filmmaker), has just ascended to the throne of England. Many of Henry’s trusted counsel feel that his youth and inexperienced will be detrimental to England. Henry decides that the best way to prove himself worthy is initiate a campaign against the French. The French throne incidentally, denies Henry’s hereditary right to ascend to the French throne and sends him tennis balls as an insult instead of a traditional tribute. Henry is forced to change his entire personality and rallies his countrymen to a bloody victory in France. England’s exhausted army, ravaged by war and sickness retreats towards their encampment at Calais, a large French force blocks them. This battle would become the historic battle of “Agincourt”. This battle is depicted as historically accurate as Shakespearianly possible, there are some inaccuracies. For example, the English army had more soldiers than the French. Henry’s army, decimated by sickness, casualties film, french, henry, england, battle, branagh, best, war, throne, shakespearean, scenes, kenneth, henry’s, france, between, army, viewer, towards, sickness, shakespeare, real, katherine, historical, few, exhausted, english, delivers, among, although, agincourt, youth, young, years, wrote, worthy