Give the gift of Criterion!
Live stream preview

Watch this video and more on The Criterion Channel

Watch this video and more on The Criterion Channel

Start your free trial

Already subscribed? Sign in

Starring Laurence Olivier

Henry V

2h 17m

Directed by Laurence Olivier • 1944 • United Kingdom
Starring Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks, Robert Newton

Olivier mustered out of the navy to film this adaptation of Shakespeare’s history. Embroiled in World War II, Britons took courage from this tale of a king who surmounts overwhelming odds and emerges victorious. This sumptuous Technicolor rendering features a thrilling re-creation of the battle of Agincourt, and Sir Laurence in his prime as director and actor.

Up Next in Starring Laurence Olivier

  • Hamlet
    2:33:57
    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    Directed by Laurence Olivier • 1948 • United Kingdom
    Starring Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks, Basil Sydney

    Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s HAMLET continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is ...

  • Richard III
    2:38:47
    Richard III

    Richard III

    Directed by Laurence Olivier • 1955 • United Kingdom
    Starring Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Claire Bloom

    In RICHARD III, director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier brings Shakespeare’s masterpiece of Machiavellian villainy to ravishing cinematic life. Olivier is diabolically captivat...

  • The Entertainer
    1:43:49
    The Entertainer

    The Entertainer

    Directed by Tony Richardson • 1960 • United Kingdom
    Starring Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey

    “Life is a beastly mess,” states the great Laurence Olivier in this superb drama of the seedy music-hall life. He plays Archie Rice, a third-rate vaudevillian whose song-and-dance ro...

×