Henry V ~ For I am Welsh, you know..

[@FiveSigma72]

For me, the best Henry V on film, and easily the best way into Shakespeare for people who otherwise would never bother.

[@richardenglish2195]

I love the Olivier version, but Branagh's film just pips it to the post for me. It's probably an unfair comparison because they were made in different times and with different purposes, but this adaptation has an incredible, almost tactile energy to it. Wonderful stuff.

[@hurleymacmaster8262]

I saw it and fully understood Shakespeare.

[@oldfrend]

tom hiddleston's version is better. less theatrical, more natural acting.

[@johnprovince5304]

As with Dickens. They are great appetizers.

[@jimevert7099]

It's what got me in as a high school kid

[@sarahtorgerson9658]

Rest in Peace, Ian Holm. You have always been a man of quality on screen and off.

[@akirk1573]

this simple scene always draws great falls of tears from me. i love you, fellow soul. And too your last name, a bit North of mine. Live Gently, until it's time

[@DavidHarrison-js3ji]

Every single time I watch this amazing piece of historical patriotic art I cannot at some point in the play stop myself from crying . A 20 year retired serviceman and yet the tears flow . I cannot work out why , is it the beauty of the writing , the skill of the actors , the patriotic pride , I have no idea but I am not ashamed any more than the tears i shed on remembrance day . Sometimes to be a man crying is sort of who we are . I cannot work out why

[@raycundy4265]

I cry often when I hear Jerusalem being sung or I Vow To Thee My Country. There is nothing wrong with love of one's own country. Cry away mate. There is no shame in a man letting his feelings out. To the contrary, it shows love and respect and that has to be celebrated

[@maguffintop2596]

Sometimes beautifully composed words feel like beautifully composed music. I cry when I read Gimli and Galadriel’s exchange - when she gives him three strands of her hair. 😢No shame to appreciate beauty. 😊

[@DavidHarvey-po9le]

Men crying has been ridiculed by women who do it all the time - they have claimed it - that's why men only do it when they have no choice - women think they are the only one with feelings - monsters. Sorry to the women who don't think like this , but a Lot of them do.

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

Kiwi here, at the bottom of the world. Right or wrong, we have British bones or maybe sinews, alongside our other parts, and things like this will make a tear of my own fall. Many of the Works of British artists we also think of as "ours" and effect us as if we had a part in them, which is kinda strange, isn't it?. I never forget though, that right through WW1 and WW2, it was the Indian Division that fought at our right hand . . . It is such a shame that the Empire wasn't run by men who made ALL its people know they were equals. Taken WW1 as the spur of vetting up the colonies as self-ruling Democracies and building them up. We may have kept it going.

[@DavidHarrison-js3ji]

@@uncletiggermclaren7592 I love my kiwi and Aussie brothers so much , it has been my privilege to serve alongside these giants of mankind, to know they watch my back in combat is the safest feeling in the world. God bless you all .

[@JnEricsonx]

Can we just say how in one scene we had Ian Holm, Christian Bale, Kenneth Branagh, and Brian Blessed. It's like hitting fandom bingo!

[@bahhumbug9824]

and Judi Dench waiting back at home.

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

Also Danny Webb next to Bale and Holm, who was in Alien 3. 2 Alien blokes and a Terminator fella.

[@rifelaw]

And in the film as a whole, Paul Scofield, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi, Robbie Coltrane, John Sessions, Geraldine McEwan. Gods what a cast.

[@tedcurrently6092]

Literally though

[@richardreviewstv]

Every scene with montjoy and Henry v is brilliant montjoy has suck fear in his eyes that his safety is at threat from Henry who’s words and never shouted but packed with intent and emotion

[@Lt_Col.Henry_Blake]

Even though Ian Holm only had a supporting role, I was completely bowled over by his performance in this movie. What a talent!

[@nocturne000]

I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but since we would never know if he actually died as he could be anyone at anytime, I like to think he's just pulling am awesome prank. No in all seriousness he was an actor that deserves way more credit and acknowledgement than he gets.

[@giovannilupino5538]

Might be his finest moment in theater or film.

[@welshman8954]

If Henry V had welsh blood in hi. Then I'm a bloody Englishmun

[@wsollers1]

This movie was without a doubt the best Henry V ever made.

[@warrenwintrode3698]

"The Welshman did good service in a garden where leeks did grow." Ian Holm owns this scene.

[@fifiaames5935]

He is brilliant.

[@JonathonSwinney2814]

Warren Wintrode Henry V is arguably Kenneth Brannagh's best performance.

[@georgeorwell4534]

kronosmorpheus1234 agreed. Brilliant.

[@Smitty65721]

He most certainly does. Both of them are just fantastic. One of my favorite scenes in any movie.

[@georgeorwell4534]

@@Smitty65721 Most definitely Smitty. Two magnificent actors at the very top of their game. Ian and Kenneth.

[@johngialanellajr8650]

A very powerful scene, it brought tears to my eyes. RIP Ian Holm.

[@ryuinz]

Ian Holm is a chameleon. And a damned fined actor. Love this scene.

[@quietman71]

A murderous robot, a sweet old hobbit fighting inner demons, a badass general with a heart of gold, a bumbling worrywart father, Jack the Ripper.... Yeah, I'd say Sir Ian has some range.

[@henryvagincourt]

Wonderful acting, the best of Britain.

[@georgeorwell4534]

henryvagincourt agreed. The finest. Much to be proud of.

[@mabsoxie]

Best of🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@deletebilderberg]

@@mabsoxie Aye. He was from the Rhonda.

[@DavidHarvey-po9le]

England - he wasn't Welsh, Scottish or Irish.

[@mabsoxie]

@@DavidHarvey-po9le stay east of the Severn

[@timpage7194]

Instantly thought of this when I heard of Ian Holm's passing. RIP

[@planetdisco4821]

As did I…..

[@forliberty8400]

I’m a young welsh American who still praises God. I’m saved and it’s no tribute to lineage, but there are still some traditions going strong. I don’t know how the Lords hand has guided us but He still is.

[@davedickinson9260]

What a cast! What truly epic performances. Thank you to all of you. Your best work so far, and that is saying something. The best Henry V ever. RevDev

[@truthmatters3871]

Rest in peace, Sir Ian Holm. There was none better.

[@DavidHarvey-po9le]

He was Frodo in the BBC radio version of The Lord of the Rings and Bilbo in the films - and of course the android in Alien.

[@robertweidner2480]

This movie holds up extremely well. When watching this you don't see "The Middles Ages depicted in the year 1989." What one sees is "Shakespeare at the Battle of Agincourt."

[@scottanno8861]

I feel like I am actually watching Shakespeare's play in the 1600s in Globe theatre itself!

[@drewjohnson-85]

@@scottanno8861Greater than that my friend, it feels both like I am watching Shakespeare at the Globe and Henry at the Battle of Agincourt at the same time, few if any other movies can compare

[@Thaumaturge2251]

I'm English and even I have to admit that the most dangerous creature on Earth in those days at least was a Welshman with a stick, string and feathers. xD

[@coraggio93]

"Men of Harlech, on to glory/This will ever be your story/Keep these burning words before ye: Welshmen will not yield!"

[@WelshWebb]

My ancestors did like to stick it to people who annoyed them...

[@GentlemanofEngland]

To be fair there was only 600 welshmen at agincourt the rest were all English but I still respect the brave welsh soldiers who fought at this noble battle

[@senioryogawithlinda]

Cheshire bowman equally lethal!

[@ratedrreformed8452]

@@GentlemanofEngland murder is noble? No wonder you people love muslims so much

[@IcePrincess751-kb9bq]

Such a marvelous movie.I'm an American,and no disrespect to my countrymen,but all of my favorite actors are from the U.K.😁Kenneth Branagh,Alan Rickman,Charles Dance are three of my absolute favorites.Every movie with Alan and Kenneth that I've seen,have required me to use a drool bib for the entire running time!😂

[@DavidHarvey-po9le]

Don't forget Daniel Day Lewis! "I drink your milkshake".

[@godbluffvdgg]

One of Branagh's best parts in the movie...When he looks at Herald with those eyes...He's in the moment...Herald does an awesome job too!

[@matthewcostello3530]

small thing, but I love when Henry collapses the Harald still doesn't dare touch him as you just don't do that to a King

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@matthewcostello3530 Not if you don't want a battle axe to the dome...:)

[@richardenglish2195]

@@matthewcostello3530 It's a lovely touch, I agree. He goes to pray and collapses from the exhaustion... God knows how it must've felt to be fighting full-on for three hours like that with those heavy swords and wearing all that chainmail!

[@jameskeyes9112]

"....for I am Welsh, you know".

[@badwizard1312]

I’m quite a European mix but my Grandmother in my Dad’s side was Welsh. I must have some of that blood cause I love archery

[@gerarddelmonte8776]

WHAT a brilliant film, and the acting sublime, by every character, by every measure.

[@barrybaldonieri1803]

At the 1:40 mark, when Harry was informed that the day was his, I wept ... beautifully done ...

[@esnstrider46]

God Bless Ian Holm. May he Rest In Peace ❤️

[@wryalways985]

I just want to give Ffluellen a big hug at the beginning of this bit - he's such a wonderful character.

[@georgeorwell4534]

He started as a somewhat comic character, fiercely patriotic. In the March and the Battle the Welsh archers proved their mettle. Fluellen in the flush of an amazing victory points to the no-small part the Welsh played. Henry laughs at the predictable reason he brings up and points out his own Welsh heritage. It’s a great scene.

[@tomcleland3422]

Doest thou know Fluellen??

[@Castiwr]

The character of Flywelyn is actually based on that of Dafydd Gam (David the Lame), an ally of Henry V and his father, Henry IV, during Glyndwr's rebellion, 1400-1415. Glyndwr' himself appears in Henry IV, a prequel to this story, if you will. In reality Dafydd Gam was actually killed at Agincourt.

[@Castiwr]

@TheWelshy83 That's Shakespeare's attempt at spelling Llewellyn. The earliest edition of this play uses Flywelyn. It's an English man's attempt at rendering a Welsh name into English. For a similar reason my name is Griffiths and not Gruffydd.

[@hlmoore8042]

His reaction when he finds out he wins the day .... most touching.

[@paulleckner8235]

Many times, I have been covered in sweat and mud, bruised and cut, with mucus flowing out of my nose to be told that my team won! It made it all worth it!

[@hlmoore8042]

@@paulleckner8235 I would love to do an re-enactment like that... or at least be present.

[@MaverickTheatre]

We’ve a one person version of Henry V on tour!

[@hlmoore8042]

@@MaverickTheatre Where are you located?

[@GeorgiaJen]

The way Ian Holm bounces between comedic and heartfelt in this scene . . . breathtaking.

[@frederiquelorimier8286]

Just heard of Ian Holm's death tis morning. Very sad.

[@rustomkanishka]

I'm not Welsh and neither a Christian. How does one say, "he was a good man, may he rest in peace" in Welsh? If there are any Welsh people reading this please translate. PS: I'm Indian. I'd translate into two languages if you like.

[@nocturne000]

@@rustomkanishka "dyn da ydoedd. gadewch iddo orffwys yn dda." ...Or something like that. I'm not welsh I just think it's a cool language, and Wales is making an effort to bring it back which is great as many countries they've snatched up don't get that chance. I don't mean India or anything. Anyway this is kind of a pointless reply, I'm just sad that he died to be honest. I don't know how I missed that. Peace.

[@gregj831]

I Welsh American and proud as hell of this. NOBODY IS EVER GOING TO TRY AND MAKE ME ASHAMED OF WHO MY ANCESTORS WERE AND WHO I AM.

[@davekp6773]

My nephews and nieces are Welsh Americans - some say we shouldnt be proud of who we are and where we come from because we had no choice in the matter. To hell with that. I couldnt be more proud to be a Welshman.

[@martinburke362]

iechyd da!!

[@timdyer5326]

Cymru am byth.. from a Cornish..

[@z.triptane]

Dork

[@KumarAnshs]

Im a bit confused. Why would anyone make fun of Wales or the Welsh? You guys have an amazing history from the Romans to modern day. I can not think of anything negative of the welsh

[@udz24]

When I first saw this in ‘88 it was the first time I realized that I would fight and die for this man. One of the greatest speeches ever. And without a teleprompter

[@danielmoran9902]

You would fight, and die, for KB? That's a bit much, innit?

[@udz24]

@@danielmoran9902 For the King. KB the King and the rallying cry to defend his country. A bit much not seeing that way

[@danielmoran9902]

@@udz24 Glad you enjoyed it. Weirdo.

[@timphillips9954]

The greatest words that can come out of any mans mouth, for I am Welsh, you know!

[@mjona1754]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@DavidHarvey-po9le]

Unless you're English and are unwelcome in Wales but we have to welcome you to England - double standards.

[@emilydiveley9661]

i love Kenneth Branagh and i'm big fan of his movies and wonderful actor and director

[@Setebos]

Another excellent Ian Holm moment.

[@Abandoned_Brane]

a few lines, and shakespeare has you with him. a greater writer in any language there has never been.

[@ChrisStavros]

How many languages do you read

[@Spearca]

​@@ChrisStavros I don't think this is a matter of anyone's personal reading, but of the larger scholarship. Has any other writer done for their language what Shakespeare did for English? Hundreds of words of vocabulary, new usages, syntactical innovations, and abundant expressive metaphors. He was single-handedly a major link in the development of Modern English. Who compares to that?

[@ChrisStavros]

@@Spearca When you say there has never been a greater writer in ANY LANGUAGE, then yes the question of one's personal knowledge of languages becomes germane. As far as your question, yes, many other nations have had their own equivalent, literary geniuses creating countless supreme works, inventing words and crafting language. Spanish is often called "the language of Cervantes." Greece has many Shakespeares, playwrights and authors whom Shakespeare no doubt would call his masters in literary powers. The very question, asked in the form that you have, reveals a profound ignorance.

[@Spearca]

@@ChrisStavros Cervantes is the easy nominee for Spanish, being similarly associated with sayings and phrases that became idiomatic, but linguists making the direct comparison seem to all agree that Shakespeare did more to influence English _structurally,_ as well as being credited with many more individual coinages. Part of the difference seems to be that English was already more diverse than Spanish in its influences, and already well into the long Great Vowel Shift, so it was more flexible, more fertile ground for experimentation.

[@gofoats]

@@Spearca But the Welsh were in need of a greater movement of the vowels.

[@RocketPropelledGuy]

The Battle of Agincourt is quite well documented for the era. The location of the battle has never been under under dispute, and now not quite 600 years later is not much changed. Henry himself was the among the last true warrior kings of England. Earlier in life Henry had actually had an arrow shot into his face. At Agincourt, when informed his brother Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester had been seriously wounded, Henry took his household guard and stood over his brother, in the front rank of the fighting, until Humphrey could be dragged to safety. The king received an axe blow to the head for his trouble, which knocked off a piece of the crown that formed part of his helmet.

[@timwilliams1238]

Wow really!!!

[@gregp5257]

this entire movie is genius as is Shakespeare....almost like they had a camera back then...good my countryman....🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@patrickwalsh279]

What a heart-warming scene! After the tragedy of the slaying of the boys, to find kinship and love from a fellow countryman. Get me a handkerchief . . . or at least a wee Kleenex. Love this scene played with such feeling!

[@richarddrury8319]

My grandmother’s maiden name was Walsh. We might be related!

[@VVeltanschauung187]

Shakespeare is timeless; not of an age, but for all time

[@stevetillcock7361]

Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes were revered in Japan.

[@davidbarfield3489]

Beautiful music.

[@richardbaron-tait8485]

Indeed !!....composed and conducted by Patrick Doyle...I believe the orchestra used for the soundtrack was The City Of Birmingham Symphony.... their principal conductor at that time being Simon Rattle.....Branagh used Doyle again for his other Shakespearean films in the same way Olivier used William Walton again following Olivier's Henry V film...😊👍

[@jmc6687]

Amazing film, amazing actors, brilliant story and sheer emotional entertainment

[@williampasternak1623]

Kenneth Branagh was on the level with Olivier after this performance.

[@ZOGGYDOGGY]

Shakespeare's HENRY V reveals a different consciousness peculiar to its time. The battle of Agincourt was won by Norman aristocrats claiming their territorial due. But Shakespeare's Harry feels he's Welsh. I love this play. The feudal mind is all over it.

[@smoochym]

They might of been French culturally but the Normans had married in to the House of Wessex before they even invaded.

[@europeanbourgeois8223]

Mike Ballard Are you are uneducated spastic? The Normans had become English in the late 12th century and the Kings of England became English since the Magna Carta. Agincourt was won by the English...anybody that says otherwise hate the greatness.

[@europeanbourgeois8223]

Zak Casey The Kings of England had been identifying solely with England since Henry III. By the time Henry V came along, he was well and truly and Englishman. Also King John was the first king to speak English but Edward III made it the official language of parliament. Zak Casey They weren’t French. The Magna Carta was the end point of dual heritage English kings. Starting from Henry III (King John’s son) the kings of England solely identified as kings of England and kings from England...nowhere else. In fact going into the 13th century, English nationalism was so strong across the country that Henry III felt it necessary to name not one but two of his sons after famous Anglo-Saxon saints, one of them would go on to be Edward I....a man that would go on to rally the English by saying the French want to destroy the English language. Skip forward to Henry V....how anybody can claim there’s a tear drop of French left in any of the kings or the nobles is ridiculous and unfounded in history.

[@KamikazethecatII]

Remember which dynasty and monarch Shakespeare wrote this play under. Elizabeth I was a Tudor, whose ancestors were Welsh. Her grandfather Henry VII was identified with a prophesied Welsh hero, Y Mab Darogan.

[@Tina06019]

I think Shakespeare was appealing to his Queen with this whole "Welshness" thing. After all, the Tudors got their very name from the Welsh knight, Owen Tudor, who married the widowed Queen Catherine of Valois, the French princess who was given to Henry V by her father King Charles VI, as part of a peace treaty in 1420. (This was a couple of years after the Battle of Agincourt.) Catherine married King Henry when she was 18, and was widowed by age 20. Henry V died of dysentery while off fighting again in France (they really never learned), about 2 years after marrying Catherine. She gave birth to Henry VI who became King of England when he was about 8 months old, and "King of France" when he was about a year old. Of course, the whole nonsense about being King of France (the cause Henry V fought for) could not be sustained successfully with an infant King. Henry VI could not have sustained it even if there hadn't been a long minority at the beginning of his reign, because he wasn't very good at being a king. It was a scandal when the widowed Queen Katherine married Sir Owen Tudor, but a 175-some years later, it behooved Shakespeare politically to make much of the "Welshness" of Henry V.

[@JamesCarmichael]

Batman's dead, Bilbo is Welsh and Lockhart is actually brave and honourable.

[@roguishpaladin]

But BRIAN BLESSED is still loud. Some things never change.

[@rogerjuniorchabot]

Just pissed myself laughing. THANK YOU FOR THAT!

[@astoriacub]

and Falstaff is a half-giant almost wizard...

[@coraggio93]

@@roguishpaladin - I LOVE Brian Blessed's work. He's such a splendid, giant presence.

[@lavrentivs9891]

"Lockhart" is honourable in the play. IRL he ordered all his prisoners killed during the battle.

[@hilarymargaretbarnes8645]

The Greatest Film ever made.

[@mizofan]

No, that is Sansho the Bailiff by the great Japanese director Mizoguchi

[@michaelmartin9022]

​@@mizofanNah, it's Dunston Checks In.

[@actorguy213]

Ian Holm, ladies and gentlemen.

[@nerthus4685]

Many Welsh tears have been shed to this video.

[@melkerner]

Such an awesome version and film. Just so well done

[@blank557]

"I was not angry since I came to France, until this instance!"

[@stevetillcock7361]

Instant.

[@romancatholicword528]

The Welsh Archers were the best, I was born and brought up in the valleys, and I know not another country as beautiful as my Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, and I do believe that Wales through it’s pride and language, will become a sovereign nation that will take its place at the table of nations. Welsh independence should be on the mind of every Welsh man, every man who remembers the Welsh sufferance, under Thatcher, and under other tyrants, Edward the 1st all the way to Boris Johnson.

[@theeverchosen1504]

We will be free! Cymru am byth!

[@Bellg]

Welsh Independence today would just make Wales a EU vassal, just like it has Ireland and would do to Scotland. then again the current UK isn't exactly that much better. sad times.

[@dantesinferno80]

Well said the indignities of the past carry through to the present in other forms and only through independence will Wales develop freely and with its head held high

[@timphillips9954]

@subliminaljuggernaut7278 Only an Englishman could come up with that rubbish.

[@robertclive491]

Sounds like an efficient way to impoverish Wales further.

[@Calatriste54]

A life-long love for Shakespeare's Henry V and it's finest rendition.. (IMHO)

[@stevetillcock7361]

Proud owner of the original DVD.

[@iantobanter9546]

Not to forget that he learned many a hard and valuable lesson from his campaign against Owain Glyndwr.

[@deanmorgan7011]

Ian Holm is fantastic in this, and Brian blessed can shout the skin off any French man, brilliant

[@coraggio93]

I love Brian Blessed's work.

[@smorehouse8]

I know, right? I love this movie so much! I've already seen it like 20 times but every now and then I watch it again....my favorite scene is the St. Crispin's Day speech. And how cool is Mountjoy the herald?

[@stephenandersen4625]

my favorite movie. well one of them.

[@lohancindy5442]

The terminators finally killed John Conner. Just had to back farther than expected

[@mauricio460]

Les Terminateurs.

[@tomevans7435]

The dead kid at the beginning is christian bale apparently.

[@TheSnowballEarth]

+tom evans Apparently. He's a bit larger now.

[@ChaosTheoryTube]

+tom evans Check out Empire of the sun, he's young in that and the star and ya know its not a bad movie

[@Tyler-qg2sj]

+TheSnowballEarth Yeah he's a pretty big guy

[@stephenknizek2651]

Christian Bale is everywhere! XD

[@mvcharet]

Not apparently, but it is so.

[@crustyolcoot6646]

Now that was intense. First time I’ve appreciated that actor bloke shapeshare. Not too shabby at all.

[@Sshooter444]

Ian Holm, the best

[@MrAlumni72]

Thank you - I was searching my feeble mind for his name!

[@jonnybgoode7742]

@ludlow 889 I had to watch it twice to recognize him

[@earlphillips1468]

Henrey V make good alliances with the Welsh after the rebellion when he was prince, it paid off

[@Brando901]

Please , please someone make a movie about the Black Prince of Wales .

[@michaelbarnhart2593]

Agreed. I do not know why it has not happened.

[@IndependentGeorge76]

Because sadly historical biopics rarely make much money, and to film it credibly costs a fortune.

[@ytho5470]

DOUUGGLAAAASSS

[@davekp6773]

@@michaelbarnhart2593 The BBC would actually cast a black actor to play him that's why.

[@croisaor2308]

The Irish, English and Scottish have all had great historical movies. I feel a Welsh one is long overdue.

[@bjperry8342]

Ass a English man may god bless the Welsh! As brave as a British man I have ever known!

[@onesojourner7514]

As a mexican I say: England....please never stop being England!

[@VectorOfKnowledge]

This makes me patriotic to be Welsh, even though I was born in Uruguay, grew up in Australia and live in the US.

[@TheSnowballEarth]

R.I.P. Ian Holm and John Sessions.

[@jamestown8398]

Modern Society: Crying is unmanly The Hero of Agincourt: 4:05

[@laurencedankel4751]

Jamestown - hate to surprise you, but this movie was made in modern times, not in the 15th century...

[@jamestown8398]

@@laurencedankel4751 I know that, obviously. I was praising this movie for showing a strong and brave warrior-king crying with his friend, because too often media portrays crying as unmanly.

[@medievalgirl002]

Medieval texts and manuscripts actually don't suggest crying is unmanly.

[@jamestown8398]

@@medievalgirl002 I never said they did; in my comment I was specifically criticizing MODERN society for holding such a belief.

[@NickThorbjørnsen2207]

Wow it's amazing how much people are missing the point of this comment hahaha.

[@cristiangonzalez6740]

Extraordinaria actuación de Ian Holm !!!

[@alsontaylor6080]

"What is the name of that castle over there?" "The Castle of Debbie." "Then, we shall call this field the 'field of Debbie!!!.'"

[@starguy2718]

It belongs to the knights who say "Niiii"!

[@MishMash22]

😂😂😂😂

[@MagicAndReason]

Great acting. Great music score.

[@StoredMars]

There's a few clips of this movie I keep re-watching, but I've never gotten around to actually watching the full movie.

[@babtist58]

It's worth the effort my friend - enjoy!

[@fifiaames5935]

You have got to watch it from beginning to end! You have no idea what you are missing! Shakespeare at his finest and Kenneth as well.

[@JonathonSwinney2814]

Logan Smith You read the play. It's even better.

[@zerofox1551]

I've always felt Shakespeare was better heard than read.

[@acommondisaster]

You must.

[@renshiwu305]

Gotta love the ethnic comedy stylings of Shakespearean drama.

[@seronymus]

Let's see Paul Allen's Welshman.

[@carmelopappalardo8477]

One of the greatest films ever made.

[@raphkatchdrums]

Rest in Power Ian Holm.

[@theeverchosen1504]

Makes me proud to be welsh

[@henryvagincourt]

Well said.

[@M.S.G.95]

The Welsh are fucking awesome, same with the Scots and the Irish. We should all fight as one, together, like the brothers we are.

[@battalion2604]

A Welshman proud of a Frenchman/Henry V that colonized the UK?

[@henryvagincourt]

No such place in the 1400s.

[@battalion2604]

+henryvagincourt He was a Plantagenet, the same French Dynasty among others that ruled your Isles from 1154-1485, so yes the UK was still a French Colony until the downfall of the French Dynasties.

[@Bigsky1886]

Bravo, Ian Holmes outdid himself truly

[@just_kos99]

I never fail to cry at this scene. I'm 1/4 Welsh, so it really touches me. I absolutely love Ian Holm, and of course Kenneth Branagh and so many others in this, but Holm really stands out for me. Addendum: Since seeing this, I've learned my ancestor, Hugh Gregory, was a longbowman at Crecy, the battle Flewellyn is referring to with Edward, the Black Prince of Wales.

[@williamchapin1483]

God bless Wales now and always

[@Gwenalltapowain]

I love it!!!!!!!!

[@ancientnpc]

Cant even watch the scene as a short without crying...

[@stevetillcock7361]

Classic cinema.

[@nikkiboytsod]

A shock to the system for some of the English watching this, finding out that one of their biggest heroes was actually Welsh, although slightly more surprising was when I found out Vinny Jones was Welsh!

[@georgejones8481]

He's not

[@davekp6773]

@@georgejones8481 Welsh gandparent, enought to satisfy FIFA rules

[@blacbraun]

Name is Jones. What was your first clue he was Welsh.....

[@georgejones8481]

@@blacbraun ?

[@ycylchgames]

@@georgejones8481 Well, it is the most common Welsh surname.

[@johngiunta5033]

Shakespeare is agile and electrifying with his language.

[@bahhumbug9824]

Watching this with the captions on is funny AF. "..they did Florida."

[@barrybaldonieri1803]

Again ... magnificent ...

[@Mermaid2261]

Ian.....RIP. One of my favorite character actors of all time.

[@Smokeslikeachimney]

If through this film only one more person in the world discovers what a leek is... Then this film was a good thing. There be dragons there to you know..🥰

[@Stanthemilkman]

I was not angry since I came to France until this instance! Gotta use that line one day.

[@marksellers4875]

Best scene in the film! Emotion SO raw

[@MayoFilms83]

My 11th great grandfather is David Gams or Davy Gams, surnames is Gane and Gaines, my Davy, saved the life of King Henry V Gaines ancestors came from Wales fought in Freanch and Indian Wars and the Revolution I planning on joining SAR soon.

[@pauldockree9915]

One doesn't realise the editing until one reads the script in the original CLINGON. By one's fingertips.

[@starguy2718]

It is amazing how much of Star Trek is taken from Shakespeare. Gene Roddenberry didn't set out to do that; who, then, appended it onto The Canon?

[@willhovell9019]

Brilliant accents by Ian Holme, Scottish in Chariots of Fire and Welsh in Henry V

[@finntheriper]

he does nail that line

[@TheSnowballEarth]

For I am Welsh, you know. Tis why my breath smells of leeks and cheese, my lord.

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

+TheSnowballEarth Lemme guess, Black Adder?

[@TheSnowballEarth]

+No Free Will Hey. Good call! Not a direct quote but I was thinking of this from Blackadder III: Blackadder: Have you ever been to Wales, Baldrick? Baldrick: No, but I've often thought I'd like to. Blackadder: Well don't. It's a ghastly place. Huge gangs of tough, sinewy men roam the Valleys, terrorizing people with their close-harmony singing. You need half a pint of phlegm in your throat just to pronounce the place names. Never ask for directions in Wales, Baldrick. You'll be washing spit out of your hair for a fortnight. Not that I've anything against the Welsh, but I do find that pretty damned hilarious. I'll keep my mouth shut in a pub if I ever visit. Cheers!

[@greyfox280]

+No Free Will SPECKLEY?!? Ahh!!!! You shot my speckled Jim!

[@jamesmelt]

Trial by a drumhead court. Gotta love it.

[@marktaboada1719]

Best line in entire movie : All the water and wine cannot wash away your Welsh blood

[@DavidMcQuaid-t5u]

All the water in Wye... (it's a river in Wales)

[@clairepeace5783]

Look after the Welsh the true Brits and the Celts ! X )0(

[@Mrguy-ds9lr]

I kept seeing the bilbo baggins reference, but couldn't figure out who they were referencing. Now i see . Sometimes you forget how far back some actors go.

[@tomrockhill8634]

Jim Harbaugh(University of Michigan) did part of this speech at their National Championship 🏆 Celebration!! I'm was very cool 😎

[@kollerbrian]

Today I learned the Welsh prize honesty under God. Today I found out being named Brian is not a curse. Liberate honest men with mercy. B. A. Koller

[@LexIconLS]

The Battle of Agincourt in this movie is one of the best and most brutal battles ever put to film. Not glorious, not noble, not honorable. Just bloody, violent, cruel, and dirty.

[@nickstone1587]

The one who brought the Alien into Ripley's life and the one who helped her end it

[@bahhumbug9824]

and saved the world by traveling to Egypt and helping the Fifth Element.

[@paulleckner8235]

My mother's father (God rest his soul) Norman Davis is Welsh.

[@malvolio01]

"To sort our nobles from our common men." Well, some s*** just don't change.

[@wilsonwarner6903]

Yeah.....