Henry V - Speech - Eve of Saint Crispin's Day - HD

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@ianpourchot3981
@ianpourchot3981 3 жыл бұрын
For ten years, I’ve watched this video before every major test, interview, or life changing challenge.
@seronymus
@seronymus 2 жыл бұрын
Very blessed tip
@eggymayo3271
@eggymayo3271 2 жыл бұрын
Haha same my friend. Along with the Clip of once more unto the breach
@PurpleIrishSweater
@PurpleIrishSweater 2 жыл бұрын
This was the inspiration for every pep talk I gave my team of healthcare workers during COVID.
@DoroteoVilla
@DoroteoVilla 2 жыл бұрын
Yep, same here. In fact, I have one just a few days away. I will dispose the day.
@thedigitalscribe9621
@thedigitalscribe9621 2 жыл бұрын
I watch it every time I’m pissed but same outcome 😁
@WillyShakes
@WillyShakes 11 жыл бұрын
You're all welcome.
@clarkkent6035
@clarkkent6035 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@willbaker2593
@willbaker2593 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Will..btw, you're much appreciated these days.
@mitchellneu
@mitchellneu 6 жыл бұрын
I thankst thee from the deepest fathoms of my soul, good sir. Why the common man in this day and age is left tragically ignorant of thy almighty greatness, I myself know not. Regardless, I thank thee, good William Shakespeare!
@flamebird2218
@flamebird2218 6 жыл бұрын
@@mitchellneu "Ay, but ȝe muste þenke Kynge Henrye and hys men wiþ-alle, for ne hadde þey deliveren us fro deþe and ffrensch swerdes and given us vyctorie, þe Englysshe woulde be dede at Agincourt feld." - Signed, an anonymous soldier who served at Agincourt
@questionreality6003
@questionreality6003 6 жыл бұрын
yo thanks bill
@brianMcGranahan0311
@brianMcGranahan0311 9 ай бұрын
This speech is the greatest motivational speech ever and I find it amazing that in a Hollywood that remakes the same movie over and over, there is no better version of this speech out there
@alanparsonsfan
@alanparsonsfan 7 ай бұрын
@brianMcGranahan0311 Few actors that breathe this day can handle Shakespeare full rightly as can Branagh.
@brianMcGranahan0311
@brianMcGranahan0311 7 ай бұрын
@@alanparsonsfan fair point. It’s better it be done right than done often.
@christophergolas9930
@christophergolas9930 4 ай бұрын
I'm not saying this is a better version. Just sayin' I like this version also. From 'Renaissance Man' (1994): kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6usqniuoaqWr80
@jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n
@jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n 3 ай бұрын
btw does the three lions come from Richard the lionheart? Because it's on the england football and cricket uniform today
@ColinMearing
@ColinMearing 2 ай бұрын
I think you may have forgotten Laurence Olivier?
@iangrimshaw1
@iangrimshaw1 Жыл бұрын
There's a pub in Ashover, Derbyshire that is said to have been built on or from a house that was built be a man who returned from the battle of Agincourt. Unsurprisingly, it is called, 'The Crispin'. A glass is still raised on St Crispin's Day.
@davidfernandez8515
@davidfernandez8515 9 ай бұрын
But there isn't a St. Crispin's day. In fact, there already wasn't in the time of Shakespeare. It's one of the many ironies of the speech that give layers to Harry's character. What a mind Shakespeare had
@trajanfidelis
@trajanfidelis 8 ай бұрын
@@davidfernandez8515 Yes there is. It's celebrated every October 25th
@Acridblue999
@Acridblue999 7 ай бұрын
Lots of Longbowmen came from Derbyshire.
@paulworgan6599
@paulworgan6599 7 ай бұрын
Amazing
@robertgray6459
@robertgray6459 7 ай бұрын
Where is this pub? I surely would have a jug of ale to celebrate the glorious 25th and honor the few. The happy few 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
@quickhistory5486
@quickhistory5486 3 жыл бұрын
technicalmark, the poster of this video, literally made his account on May 3rd, 2009, posted this video, and hasn’t commented or posted since. what an absolute hero
@pottersmiles7238
@pottersmiles7238 3 жыл бұрын
He probably went away to hold his manhood cheap
@aandjay
@aandjay 3 жыл бұрын
I forgot my MySpace password am I a hero too? XD
@kevincassidy1983
@kevincassidy1983 3 жыл бұрын
His name will be familiar in our mouths, and be remembered on St. Crispin's day 🍺
@Paisly_
@Paisly_ 2 жыл бұрын
Man really said “watch this cinematic classic” and then dipped
@twirajuda
@twirajuda 2 жыл бұрын
He’s definitely a warrior for the working day, and his hearts in the trim
@genki2genki
@genki2genki 8 жыл бұрын
Not only one of Shakespeare's greatest speeches, but one of the greatest speakers of Shakespeare!
@waratah08
@waratah08 5 жыл бұрын
@Jeffrey Gibson Avt IV, scene iii
@ASSISTUS
@ASSISTUS 5 жыл бұрын
Branagh towers over all other and previous Shakespearean actors.
@chrisdavis9928
@chrisdavis9928 4 жыл бұрын
Oh so true, when I need to make my stand I motivate myself with this rendition of this speech. I love the actors performance, & dialogue presentation.
@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701
@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701 4 жыл бұрын
Dude Shakespeare plagiarized
@daphnecrosby5667
@daphnecrosby5667 4 жыл бұрын
Thou hast spoken the truth
@tommyjordan1988
@tommyjordan1988 4 жыл бұрын
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" that part put tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat. Absolutely incredible.
@Demetri450
@Demetri450 3 жыл бұрын
🤔
@alestorcrowley
@alestorcrowley 2 жыл бұрын
same, every time
@lilafeldman8630
@lilafeldman8630 2 жыл бұрын
"bid them achieve me, and then sell my bones!" I like that verse.
@tommyjordan1988
@tommyjordan1988 2 жыл бұрын
@@lilafeldman8630 mine, too! Unbelievable!
@tomben6180
@tomben6180 2 жыл бұрын
England in 8 words
@foothilldave
@foothilldave 7 ай бұрын
In the early 1980's (1984 ?) my wife and I had a short layover in the UK during a business trip to France. We visited Stratford on Avon and the Royal Shakespeare Company Avon theater. We had no tickets and said we would see whatever matinee we could get in. They had a cancelation for what ended up being front row seats for Henry V with Kenneth Branagh and Brian Blessed (both here seen). Besides the amazing performances, the sets were amazing with rain machines (we got wet) and a horse on stage (for this speech). Neither of us, nor most people outside England at the time, knew who those actors were but their names were embossed in our memories from then on. What a lucky accident.
@athrack
@athrack 6 ай бұрын
Brian Blessed 🙃
@gobshite99
@gobshite99 6 ай бұрын
​@@athrackGordon's Alive?!
@maguffintop2596
@maguffintop2596 6 ай бұрын
My Lord- you landed quite the lotto ticket!! Front row cancelation for a production like that!!!??? Lucky day for sure 👍Thanks for sharing ❤
@JohahnDiechter
@JohahnDiechter 6 ай бұрын
Brian Blessed was known in the States at that time. I Claudius was fairly popular in the early 80s on Public Broadcasting
@maguffintop2596
@maguffintop2596 6 ай бұрын
@@JohahnDiechter yes- I was 10 when it aired in 76- own it now. Excellent production!!
@janeyrevanescence12
@janeyrevanescence12 3 жыл бұрын
"Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?" "No. I served in a company of heroes."
@rlbs
@rlbs 3 жыл бұрын
oh the last lines from Stephen E. Ambrose’s Band of Brothers!
@proudhon100
@proudhon100 3 жыл бұрын
"No, I hid at home for fear of a flu like illness."
@simul8rduude
@simul8rduude 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Nipton saying the quote from this just hits different. RIP Major Winters.
@Bazookatone1
@Bazookatone1 3 жыл бұрын
That was EXACTLY the ting I thought of too.
@darksideofthemoon488
@darksideofthemoon488 3 жыл бұрын
Damn you. You're comment made me cry with joy.
@annedonovan9005
@annedonovan9005 8 жыл бұрын
Anyone want to bet the herald went back and told them "he said no'.
@ulujain
@ulujain 7 жыл бұрын
"Il a dit non, Constable"
@shorelockhomes943
@shorelockhomes943 6 жыл бұрын
I bet the harld said no.
@ThePonderer
@ThePonderer 6 жыл бұрын
anne Donovan nah. He respects him too much.
@Luanna801
@Luanna801 6 жыл бұрын
@John West Sr, You seem to be the one who doesn't understand? The herald wanted to know if Henry would negotiate the ransom, and Henry's response was that no, he wouldn't. That's the "No" the original commenter was referring to.
@brettknoss486
@brettknoss486 6 жыл бұрын
Nuts
@turnip9367
@turnip9367 Жыл бұрын
One of the best speeches ever delivered in fiction. Every line oozes in comradery, passion and patriotism. It's difficult to listen to this and not get chills, regardless of whether your English or not.
@aljosap8445
@aljosap8445 Жыл бұрын
Im not English but still it gives me chills. I also like how he humbly recognizes that they are very few and there is realy chance ob defeat but "the fewer we are the greater the share od honour"
@glennabate1708
@glennabate1708 Жыл бұрын
Who said it’s fiction
@JoshuaWhitie
@JoshuaWhitie Жыл бұрын
Oozes in comrodary however he’s legit lying them and tricking them into an early grave. This is why war poetry is a thing.
@glennabate1708
@glennabate1708 Жыл бұрын
@@JoshuaWhitie went over your head obviously
@p.morgan4084
@p.morgan4084 Жыл бұрын
I'm French and it is one of my favourite speeches!
@JOSECANUCCJ
@JOSECANUCCJ Жыл бұрын
This displays The Bard’s gift of using the English language. Best motivational speech ever!
@thecappy5063
@thecappy5063 7 ай бұрын
And also the best performance of it ever.
@jamezkpal2361
@jamezkpal2361 5 ай бұрын
English is a battle tongue. In the right order and with the right inflection, it can hoot and thump like trumpets and drums. Churchill knew this.
@benlewis2475
@benlewis2475 4 ай бұрын
The delivery is also pretty key!
@wayneantoniazzi2706
@wayneantoniazzi2706 4 ай бұрын
@@jamezkpal2361 It's the reason he could "Mobilize the English language and send it into battle."
@kippchapin7750
@kippchapin7750 4 жыл бұрын
If the English can beat back the French outnumbered 5-1, then I can handle all the nonsense from Janice in accounting.
@jimzimmer2048
@jimzimmer2048 4 жыл бұрын
@Nigel Kent he had a bow lol
@corykelley187
@corykelley187 4 жыл бұрын
hahah
@andrewthompson5728
@andrewthompson5728 4 жыл бұрын
Unlike the French, she will still be angry years later.
@mckinneyhunts
@mckinneyhunts 3 жыл бұрын
I just blew coffee through my nose reading this!!
@andrewthompson5728
@andrewthompson5728 3 жыл бұрын
After consideration, no. The French can hold a grudge for generations, long after Janice in Accounting has passed away.
@mig25pd
@mig25pd 8 жыл бұрын
The finest speech in the English language. I am 60 years of age and I have never ceased to be stirred by these words.
@eifionjones559
@eifionjones559 3 жыл бұрын
only problem , he won the battle and lost the war
@chroma6947
@chroma6947 3 жыл бұрын
@@eifionjones559 Its easy to lose when your men are all shitting blood and your away from home.
@eifionjones559
@eifionjones559 3 жыл бұрын
@@chroma6947 yep but anyone with any regard for his men or his country would have foreseen that before starting
@concars1234
@concars1234 3 жыл бұрын
@@eifionjones559 Only because he died prematurely at 35, and of disease. Henry V would have most likely won the crown of France had he managed to stay alive.
@mickdisco1
@mickdisco1 2 жыл бұрын
65
@tyrssen1
@tyrssen1 8 жыл бұрын
Kenneth Branagh is such a great actor -- he can make Shakespeare understandable, no easy task. I had the honor to be in a scene with him in "The Gingerbread Man."
@annedonovan9005
@annedonovan9005 8 жыл бұрын
Congratulations. That must have been great experience.
@annedonovan9005
@annedonovan9005 8 жыл бұрын
Probably not...lol.
@tyrssen1
@tyrssen1 8 жыл бұрын
No, not "the gay porn movie," you would seem to know more about that than I would ... Hey, just teasin'. ...This picture was a flop, but Ken, as always, was great.
@tyrssen1
@tyrssen1 8 жыл бұрын
No, I had a brief scene in a small bit -- I was the leather-jacketed thug sitting in the police station as Ken ran out the door, screaming at whoever he was arguing with.
@annieleonhart5918
@annieleonhart5918 7 жыл бұрын
Vril
@BenRollinsActor
@BenRollinsActor 2 жыл бұрын
Especially impressive when you realize that he adapted the play for the screen, produced, directed, and starred in that film - all before the age of 30. Interesting fact: at 2:26, the kid in the lower left corner is a VERY young Christian Bale. He was 12 or 13 at the time of filming.
@johnosullivan6778
@johnosullivan6778 2 жыл бұрын
Christian Bale starred in Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun" before "Henry V"
@zeravam
@zeravam 2 жыл бұрын
Another interesting fact: Both, Brannagh and Bale, would star movies of Christopher Nolan
@bruvvamoff
@bruvvamoff Жыл бұрын
Another fun fact, sardines are super gross.
@mrswinkyuk
@mrswinkyuk Жыл бұрын
@@bruvvamoff That's not a fact. Sardines are delicious _that's_ a fact. Twinky's, now _they_ are gross!
@GeorgeMonet
@GeorgeMonet Жыл бұрын
@@mrswinkyuk That's not a fact. Twinkies are delicious that's a fact. Sardines, now they are gross!
@TheSnowballEarth
@TheSnowballEarth 10 жыл бұрын
"Blows away the Braveheart battle speech." Uh... yeah... Kenneth Branagh had a better screenwriter than Mel Gibson did.
@DavidbarZeus1
@DavidbarZeus1 9 жыл бұрын
TheSnowballEarth Can ANY speech writer beat Shakespeare? I think not, unless it be Winston Churchill.
@themasterfrq
@themasterfrq 9 жыл бұрын
Wesley Molt Charlie Chaplin's final speech in "The Great Dictator" would give him a run for his money
@glorfindel2012
@glorfindel2012 5 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏
@nicknewman7848
@nicknewman7848 5 жыл бұрын
Mel Gibson did a great comedy turn as Hamlet though. Truly one of the funniest performances I've ever seen.
@backchat8086
@backchat8086 5 жыл бұрын
To be fair J. F. Kennedy had some great speech writers too.
@tommyjordan1988
@tommyjordan1988 4 жыл бұрын
The even more impressive thing is that the speech is written in iambic pentameter. How Shakespeare manage to pour so much profound substance and feeling into his sentences, within a rigid 10 syllable per line structure is simply mind boggling. Nabokov said about Shakespeare: "His verbal poetic texture is the greatest the world has ever known. It is the metaphor that is the thing. A genius." I couldn't agree more. Shakespeare's writings haunt me. Utterly phenomenal.
@piercebrosnan9528
@piercebrosnan9528 Жыл бұрын
Shakespeare was more blessed a writer than any man of this world. Who's words echo from the greats of antiquity yet enhanced by his outrageous talent and inner power.
@wasp3959
@wasp3959 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this.
@mrdarren1045
@mrdarren1045 Жыл бұрын
It isn't the syllable count but getting the iambic pentameter right. And knowing when to go a syllable long or short for effect.
@PackLeader-1990
@PackLeader-1990 10 ай бұрын
"She was Lo, plain Lo in the morning"
@RamonLopez-kw1sl
@RamonLopez-kw1sl 4 күн бұрын
"Now soldiers, march away. And how thou pleaseth God, dispose the day."
@firiel2366
@firiel2366 10 жыл бұрын
It's kinda funny, I know, but sometimes, on really rough days, this speech just... helps. Like, "If Henry V can stand in the face of 5-1 odds against and tell his soldiers to get out there and be heroes, I can make it through this day."
@63Baggies
@63Baggies 9 жыл бұрын
like?
@63Baggies
@63Baggies 9 жыл бұрын
Nathan Resillas Steady on Nathaniel ;-)
@NonApplicable1983
@NonApplicable1983 9 жыл бұрын
Firiel Three-to-one, but still.
@Mazter1veteran
@Mazter1veteran 6 жыл бұрын
Same here
@gabrielletrenbath945
@gabrielletrenbath945 6 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@wkylegreen
@wkylegreen Жыл бұрын
Every year I watch this video on Saint Crispin’s Day… never fails to give me chills.
@wessew6185
@wessew6185 Жыл бұрын
Excellent! So we are part of the "band of brothers."
@andyk914
@andyk914 6 ай бұрын
Every year I watch this on July 4!!
@RUSH2112RUSH
@RUSH2112RUSH 2 ай бұрын
Happy viewing today 😊
@wkylegreen
@wkylegreen 2 ай бұрын
Happy St Crispin’s!
@gutsfinky
@gutsfinky 2 ай бұрын
I'm here in 2024😊
@proco2008
@proco2008 Жыл бұрын
In 2012 I was in a very dark place. This clip got me through. I'd play it when feeling low. I was drinking more than I should but have not touched a drop since 2021. Thank you technnicalmark. Thank you.
@LondonPride25
@LondonPride25 3 жыл бұрын
The power of Shakespeare's words and Branagh's delivery has tears in my eyes at- "For he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile this day shall gentle his condition;" To immediately roaring with English pride at - "And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day." That's power.
@davidbroadley126
@davidbroadley126 2 жыл бұрын
Henry the fifth the butcher king
@davidbroadley126
@davidbroadley126 2 жыл бұрын
@@willc1294 shithouse
@abdihassan7208
@abdihassan7208 Жыл бұрын
was this speech really uttered by henry V?
@abdihassan7208
@abdihassan7208 Жыл бұрын
@@hungrycrab3297 thank you!
@censorduck
@censorduck Жыл бұрын
"not fighting at agincort is smol pee pee energy" - Shakespear.
@johnciummo3299
@johnciummo3299 6 ай бұрын
As a Marine combat veteran, Vietnam 68-69, this speech ring so true. As I try to explain to those that never served in mortal combat. For one small sliver of time you served with fellow Marines, who without hesitation, would clearly give up their lives and futures to save mine. As I would do the same to save their lives! And yes, almost 60 years, I am proud to call them my brothers. I have been very fortunate in my life. After Vietnam,college a great career in the corporate world with numerous accolades but nothing can ever top knowing I never let my fellow Marines down. Semper Fi.
@piercebrosnan9528
@piercebrosnan9528 5 ай бұрын
God loves you, brother.
@justa.american8303
@justa.american8303 5 ай бұрын
God love the MARINE CORPS.
@alineharam
@alineharam 4 ай бұрын
And I ask all of you (I am a schoolteacher and have not served in war) to remember our brothers who did not return home. That debt can never be repaid.
@johnciummo3299
@johnciummo3299 4 ай бұрын
Well said!
@salamanca1954
@salamanca1954 4 ай бұрын
Well said, brother.
@benjaminharris7091
@benjaminharris7091 7 ай бұрын
May 2024 - still one of the greatest moments in Ken Branagh’s storied career and Shakespeare on film. I first watched this version of Henry V when I was 20 years old; I a, now 53! . This speech absolutely fueled my desire to read and understand Shakespeare and to study English history. Patrick Doyle’s amazing soundtrack is so amazing and a big reason this scene is so good! Today, the bard, Branagh and Doyle are all “freshly remembered!”
@SimonKing-z4u
@SimonKing-z4u 6 ай бұрын
Snap dude, though I've got a couple of years more on you, everything else spot on.
@missmabel
@missmabel 4 ай бұрын
Me too! Saw it in the theatre at 16 and still rewatching at 51. Doyle's sountrack is definitely part of this movie's magic. (Ditto for his Sense and Sensibility)
@Jimdixon1953
@Jimdixon1953 4 жыл бұрын
The dislikes are from the soldiers who listened to the speech then decided to make a claim for travel expenses and asked for their passports back from HR.
@henryvkingofenglandandfran7220
@henryvkingofenglandandfran7220 4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@janewhite2331
@janewhite2331 4 жыл бұрын
Those soldiers who survived in fact had to find their own way back to England under their own steam and never received backpay for the time they had been fighting. Exactly the same thing happened after Bonaparte was defeated when Wellington came home to be the hero of the land and most of the returning common soldiers came back to live lives of destitution on the streets again with no pay.
@antoniusbritannia8217
@antoniusbritannia8217 4 жыл бұрын
They hold their manhood's cheap. . .
@jonathanwilliams1065
@jonathanwilliams1065 3 жыл бұрын
@@janewhite2331 they would have at least marched to Calais
@ChrisCaaa
@ChrisCaaa 8 ай бұрын
And one from the constable of France
@gillan5
@gillan5 9 күн бұрын
As a German this reminds me of Churchills speach WWII- this performance is divine- This Island breeds very valiant creatures- I always liked the British. Their music, their actors, their politeness, their language. rgds from Germany.
@deriter64
@deriter64 10 жыл бұрын
Gee, I love the internet. I'm old and I'll never get to the West End again but I can sit here and compare Olivier, Burton and Branagh doing the St.Crispin speech and loving every minute of it. I have no idea who you tech wizards are or why you do it but thank you so much, you sort of band of brothers.
@Quonzer
@Quonzer 10 жыл бұрын
Our generations wouldn't have anything to study or to find inspirational if the previous generations hadn't written them all down for us to read and learn about. So, even though you didn't write this, in a way...thank you.
@stephengreen7758
@stephengreen7758 10 жыл бұрын
I'm old as well and share your sentiments, dereiter64. And thank you, Altrunchen, for your kind remarks. One tends these days to think of the present generation twittering away or entering on Facebook all the nothing they know, preening to the applause of their vacuous co-adulators. To have all the best in culture at one's fingertips is more gratifying than you will ever know.
@susanesquer1520
@susanesquer1520 6 жыл бұрын
@@stephengreen7758 Very well said Brother Stephen Green ! (19 November 2018 1550 hours)
@STPickrell
@STPickrell 3 жыл бұрын
I am 45 now, and I can view these things at will, as opposed to merely carrying them in the fondness of memory.
@joes369
@joes369 2 жыл бұрын
I'm old also and i agree with you 100%
@RUSH2112RUSH
@RUSH2112RUSH 2 ай бұрын
Who is here 609 years to the day since this battle took place? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✌️🇫🇷
@jackthorton10
@jackthorton10 Ай бұрын
We Few… We Happy Few.. We Band of Brothers
@MikeGrant-q7b
@MikeGrant-q7b Ай бұрын
He who sheds his blood with me ...​@@jackthorton10
@KingALBoy
@KingALBoy 25 күн бұрын
There's an army muster database that has my family name 'Pollard' with archers and men at arms of this time. They were there I guess
@jackthorton10
@jackthorton10 24 күн бұрын
@@KingALBoy Cool
@robertqualls8498
@robertqualls8498 7 күн бұрын
We are all here, we few. we band of brothers.
@TheTrohl
@TheTrohl 9 жыл бұрын
3:33 - I love how Brian Blessed is just waiting for it.
@Bonk4Me
@Bonk4Me 8 жыл бұрын
+TheTrohl Loved him in Blackadder
@Amethyst_Friend
@Amethyst_Friend 7 жыл бұрын
'YEE-ah, ha-ha-hAA!
@admiralackbar1994
@admiralackbar1994 7 жыл бұрын
SQUADRON 40 DIIIIIVE!!!!
@thehuggroupemail5029
@thehuggroupemail5029 6 жыл бұрын
Chiswick! Fresh Horses!
@U2QuoZepplin
@U2QuoZepplin 6 жыл бұрын
TheTrohl Brian Blessed’s rendition of this speech must be something to behold too!? Just imagine his booming voice! 😉
@giacomopandiani6290
@giacomopandiani6290 6 жыл бұрын
This speech has kept me alive for years. Every time I have to do something really difficult I watch this.
@olwens1368
@olwens1368 3 жыл бұрын
Yes- I have a difficult day ahead, after not much sleep last night. Hot strong coffee and Henry's speech before Agincourt and look out world, here I come.
@DylanWilby
@DylanWilby 3 жыл бұрын
@@olwens1368 godspeed, hope it went well
@evelynbaron66
@evelynbaron66 2 жыл бұрын
yes only defensible interpretation of urging to war and death
@sunitabansal1639
@sunitabansal1639 2 жыл бұрын
Very good speech for doing something big in life
@olwens1368
@olwens1368 Жыл бұрын
@@DylanWilby A very late reply which probably you'll never see- but it DID go very well, thank you.
@CosmicContrarian
@CosmicContrarian 8 жыл бұрын
Greatest speech of all time, beautiful use of language!
@shirleymental4189
@shirleymental4189 6 жыл бұрын
jeff walther. Are you mental? Just asking.
@orangejoe204
@orangejoe204 6 жыл бұрын
It's a Shakespearean re-imagining of what Henry V actually said to his (exhausted, hungry and disease-ridden) troops the night before the battle. The actual text of the speech is not historically recorded, but the broad strokes were much nastier and tougher: Henry reinforced that he was gravely serious about this battle and addressed each of his two main contingents separately. First, he told the noble knights (some 1,500) that chivalry was dead, that he'd sooner die in battle than be ransomed by the French, and that he'd personally kill any man (no matter his rank) who tried to flee or surrender. Nobody was going home unless they won, and the only thing that would produce victory against a larger French force was ironclad will to win that he believed (correctly) the French lacked. Then he addressed his main force (7,000 peasant longbowmen), telling them the French had boasted they would amputate the fingers of any bowman they captured alive; this piece of creative fiction was intended to fire THEM up, since it was difficult to inspire men who were normally not taken alive at all (as they had no ransom value). Evidently the thought of being ritually robbed of the fingers they'd spent literally their entire lives winning their bread on and then left alive as a burden was MORE insulting to them than simply being killed out of hand. He ended it by ordering every man to spend the night in silent prayer and mental preparation, with the punishment being amputation. Evidently it all worked, as the Knights (with Henry and his bodyguards fighting in the thickest part) held the line against 4x their number of equals until the archers could shoot their quivers empty. These totally unarmored peasants, not at all intended for hand-to-hand combat, then screamed bloody murder and descended (full Barbarian style) into the fray with their heavy lead mallets and misericorde daggers, finishing off any of the heavily-armored French nobility who'd been battered into the mud. Even after they'd narrowly dispatched the French vanguard, their reserve forces could have then attacked and annihilated the English. So Henry stood all the captives up and executed them brutally in cold blood in front of the reserves. The reserves went home. So did the English. Victory. The whole thing from soup to nuts was an exercise in effective brutality by a master of battlefield leadership. I'd have followed a Warrior King like that into the bowels of Hell.
@eifionjones559
@eifionjones559 6 жыл бұрын
only one thing wrong , he never made that speech and whilst he won the battle he lost the war
@SiLatics56
@SiLatics56 6 жыл бұрын
@@eifionjones559 He didn't lose the war. He died of dysentery and sadly his son was a relatively weak king in war terms. With no leader in the same mould as Henry V it allowed the French to regain their lost territories and eventually win the war. So it wasn't Henry who lost the war, it was the English army who carried on after he had died who lost the war, minus true leadership.
@flamebird2218
@flamebird2218 6 жыл бұрын
Henry V spoke Middle English; he would have sounded nothing like this if he did give the speech at all. As @@UCsiZ57y7PpcZqQVii_hNjagpointed out, this is a Shakespearean re-imagining of what he really said. If the speech were actually recorded, it would sound nothing like Modern English or Early-Modern English.
@exit3073
@exit3073 6 ай бұрын
God I love this speech. Kenneth Branagh does it total justice.
@merriotChard
@merriotChard 3 ай бұрын
Sir Lawrence Olivier had an edge to this in his 1944 debut .😊
@stevouk
@stevouk 2 ай бұрын
This is so unfair, I know, but Branagh, physically, is just too ordinary for me to believe in him as Henry. To be sure, the delivery is firing on all cylinders, but he looks... like a bloke in the outdoor section of a garden centre.
@merriotChard
@merriotChard 2 ай бұрын
He certainly did...a hint of cautious overacting at times but did that speech with a passion .
@billfish8843
@billfish8843 9 жыл бұрын
Great bit of acting in this scene by Christopher Ravenscroft as Montjoy. His face changes subtly from arrogance to respect, and the way he takes his hat off is like an exclamation point to the change. And he does it with minimal camera time while sitting on a restless horse.
@JimSmithInChiapas
@JimSmithInChiapas 9 жыл бұрын
+Bill Fish Thank you for pointing out so brilliantly, and succinctly, the small things Ravenscroft did that made his appearance in this scene so impactful.
@billfish8843
@billfish8843 9 жыл бұрын
+JimSmithInChiapas Thanks for being nice on the Internet, and you're most welcome.
@rogerhwerner6997
@rogerhwerner6997 5 жыл бұрын
Great observation.
@mitchyoung8791
@mitchyoung8791 4 жыл бұрын
These British people can act!
@ekscalybur
@ekscalybur 4 жыл бұрын
The removal of the hat was a supremely heartfelt salute to King Henry and his host. The herald was letting Henry and everyone in his host, who at that time he was sure were about to be wiped out, but remained courageous and disciplined, had earned his deepest respect.
@signpo890
@signpo890 7 жыл бұрын
"We would not die in that mans company" Now that's a line I will never forget.
@jamesjacobson3966
@jamesjacobson3966 Жыл бұрын
Perhaps the most rousing speech in the English language, fictional or not. It’s not surprising that Churchill who arguably gave the finest actual speech’s e.g. Blood, toil, tears and sweat and We shall fight them on the beach’s knew many of Shakespeare plays word for word.
@EmmanuelleHen
@EmmanuelleHen 2 ай бұрын
I am French and stop my studies too early but England English language and especially as Shakespeare use it is so perfect for me..I cannot express my joy listening to these lines even if I have so many efforts to do ..LOVE WILLIAM S FOR EVERV
@EmmanuelleHen
@EmmanuelleHen 2 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 this is one tbe most important part of my life
@georgebrooke4492
@georgebrooke4492 8 жыл бұрын
The combination of the speech and the music is just outstanding. I can watch this repeatedly without getting bored and always noticing something new. Totally excellent
@dzauthor
@dzauthor 5 жыл бұрын
George Brooke It gives me chills as the music swells with the speech
@tommyjordan1988
@tommyjordan1988 4 жыл бұрын
The music accompaniment is fantastic! I can't get over how incredible the acting and the music are, absolutely staggering.
@georgebrooke4492
@georgebrooke4492 4 жыл бұрын
@@tommyjordan1988 Hi, It still makes the hairs stand up on my neck. And then I think of Boris.........
@1foams
@1foams 4 жыл бұрын
On a darker moment, when courage is needed, I remind myself of what lies within by watching this.
@Warrior_of_Sparta
@Warrior_of_Sparta 7 жыл бұрын
For me this is the greatest speech in literature, absolutely staggering!
@beckerqueiroz
@beckerqueiroz 7 жыл бұрын
Agreed! And Branagh's is the best interpretation, in the humble opinion of one who hasn't seen any other and doesn't care for them. Nothing could top this.
@markgrice8088
@markgrice8088 6 жыл бұрын
harry's speech at harfleur is second ofcourse...once more into the breech,dear friends, once more
@s51curtis
@s51curtis 6 жыл бұрын
There was one performance that comes close. Years ago the BBC ran a series call "The Shakespeare Plays" with David Gwillim playing the lead in "Henry V." His performance was excellent.
@jeffwalther3935
@jeffwalther3935 6 жыл бұрын
BUT only if ya can relate. thats why the noncombatant sleepers are FAR AWAY in london and not calais, i.e., ya gotta run the guantlent at least once of killing AND dieing for such a noble cause to even know what the b of b are talking about. that explains that captivating, totally out of place smirk and delight on henrys beaming face. hes telling an inside joke, while unwrapping sudden surprise st crispin day gifts for each and every one. and thats true and real and profound and important; timely and timeless. i guess.
@jeffwalther3935
@jeffwalther3935 6 жыл бұрын
if one had to choose, especially for blessed brevity and lack of bs, henry v or gettysburg address are outta the park #1 homers.
@JohnKlimakos
@JohnKlimakos Жыл бұрын
The greatest speech on film
@purefoldnz3070
@purefoldnz3070 7 ай бұрын
its a bit camp innit?
@SarcyseTiranin
@SarcyseTiranin 6 жыл бұрын
This speech literally brings tears to my eyes. How can a speech written hundreds of years ago be so profound?
@Consume_Crash
@Consume_Crash Жыл бұрын
Because this story is more connected to the real.
@johndoe5432
@johndoe5432 Жыл бұрын
Because there are some truths that are universal and timeless.
@janel342
@janel342 7 ай бұрын
Because they, unlike us now, did deep.
@philipitaliano1329
@philipitaliano1329 3 жыл бұрын
Watching this on October 25th - Saint Crispian's Day and the 606 year anniverary of Agincourt. It is currently cold, went, and rainy outside, just like another Saint Crispian's Day. When I was seven years old my dad showed me this scene and played the epic battle scene for me. This story did a good man teach his son.
@francoisdaureville323
@francoisdaureville323 3 жыл бұрын
606 anniversary you mean
@philipitaliano1329
@philipitaliano1329 3 жыл бұрын
@@francoisdaureville323 thank you
@chrismacdonald9091
@chrismacdonald9091 9 жыл бұрын
Best version of this speech ever. I even got 8th graders who didn't know Shakespeare to totally get it by watching this. This is just amazing.
@johndoe5432
@johndoe5432 Жыл бұрын
Any man who says this speech does not stir something within him is either a liar or a fool.
@alineharam
@alineharam 4 ай бұрын
or dead
@andrewelliott4436
@andrewelliott4436 4 ай бұрын
​@@alineharam Well ... The thing is that a dead person wouldn't be able to hear anything, now would he?
@bigm6649
@bigm6649 3 ай бұрын
...or French 😉
@josepheveson6187
@josepheveson6187 4 жыл бұрын
Literally one of the best speeches of all time. Never swung a sword in my life and would charge in after hearing this ⚔️
@MsKathleenb
@MsKathleenb Жыл бұрын
Swung several swords in my day and ditto.
@Dudemon-1
@Dudemon-1 Жыл бұрын
​@@MsKathleenb-- Same here. I'm almost as old as Sir Thomas Erpingham was at Agincourt (58), but my sword-swinging days are nearly past, but many a time I listened to this to fire myself up!
@ReonMagnum
@ReonMagnum 8 жыл бұрын
I'm currently stringing my 140 lb English Longbow while watching this.
@thegatekeeper715
@thegatekeeper715 6 жыл бұрын
Twas not the bow that heralded nigh the death of Frenchmen on that day, It was indeed the water sopped ground upon which they charged that did the deed. The stalwart bowmen nair did move against the charge, but stood their ground convinced they won the day.
@JAG3003
@JAG3003 6 жыл бұрын
Welsh longbow
@Agent1W
@Agent1W 6 жыл бұрын
+ReonMagnum I'm currently calibrating my 1,000 Italian siege crossbow, because if you want to penetrate French plate, you gotta do it right.
@justanobadi6655
@justanobadi6655 6 жыл бұрын
the great part of this scene is that the bowmen haven't strung their bows yet, considering it rained the night prior and they didn't want wet drawstrings, it's great attention to detail. it's a shame we didn't see anyone warming up their bows by stretching it.
@JAG3003
@JAG3003 6 жыл бұрын
@Mark Weaver the oldest bow is found in Somerset (more Celts than English) and dates back to over 2 and a half thousand years ago, over a thousand years before "England" existed as a name and in every battle from Crecy to agincourt they were used by the Welsh archers (the time at their highest use) so call it what you want but it's the Welsh who used them while fighting for the English armies, oh and I hope you realise Henry and all his family is Welsh too, the (arguably) greatest English monarchy so not so much a dream as historical fact.
@dreadfulsam
@dreadfulsam 3 жыл бұрын
I've seen this adaptation a dozen times and Henry's battle speech still gives me chills. Every. Single. Time.
@craigwilliams6734
@craigwilliams6734 2 жыл бұрын
I am sitting here in bloody tears watching this magnificent piece of Shakespeare acted out by a masterclass by Branagh - Phenomenal
@davidbroadley126
@davidbroadley126 Жыл бұрын
💩
@craigwilliams6734
@craigwilliams6734 Жыл бұрын
@@davidbroadley126 is that in your underpants?
@roryokane5907
@roryokane5907 8 жыл бұрын
Note the young Christian Bale at 2:26!
@U2QuoZepplin
@U2QuoZepplin 8 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I noticed a few other notable British actors faces there too. Brian Blessed - no less. I mean how can you loose when you've got him on your team! hahhah After all, he's only wrestled with The Dalai Lama for goodness sake, among other great deeds.
@nano4778
@nano4778 7 жыл бұрын
No wonder he became the dark knight after hearing that speech
@twirajuda
@twirajuda 7 жыл бұрын
Bale will make a great Henry V, especially if the character is reinterpreted away from Shakespeare nano4778 . He has that mix of toughness and class, ruthlessness and vulnerability that can make the king more relatable to modern audiences and is close to the historical personage
@redneckzen
@redneckzen 5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Bilbo Baggins, too!
@connorveach5986
@connorveach5986 5 жыл бұрын
Wow he’s a babyyy. I would have guessed him and Kenneth Branagh would be around the same age, or at least the same generation...
@Hablagrabla
@Hablagrabla 7 жыл бұрын
I could not have wished to be of english descent more than after watching this. Alas I'm swedish, but I behold, read and admire, still. O' Land of Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Britons. History has shown you are a great people. For good and for worse. You are a people to be admired.
@Hablagrabla
@Hablagrabla 7 жыл бұрын
Of that I already know. Scandinavian history is kind of my thing.
@mrkitcatt2119
@mrkitcatt2119 6 жыл бұрын
@@Hablagrabla and that Briton blood is on average 28 %in all of Britain whereas around 60 is germanic
@leedobson
@leedobson 4 жыл бұрын
You're a brother to us in every way
@mattmale7183
@mattmale7183 4 жыл бұрын
You have your heroes, Gustavus Adolphus for one.
@jenn-kh
@jenn-kh 3 жыл бұрын
Everyone likes the Swedes. We all just wish you'd act more like Vikings and less like socialists. Good grief, you never even had an empire, let alone the, you know, German unpleasantness. What are you people apologizing for all the time?
@alexyoon-sungcucina7895
@alexyoon-sungcucina7895 6 жыл бұрын
Mountjoy really shines in this. You see his expression change and he realizes Henry is in deadly earnest and this will be a gruesome fight to the death, yet at the end he remains confident of French victory and Harry's death/capture with "Thou shalt never hear herald anymore." The subtle mix of both respect and boast is splendid.
@CasuallyObservant
@CasuallyObservant 3 жыл бұрын
I took a different meaning. Mountjoy would have been a neutral with no allegiance to either side. He was a protected courier to deliver messages between the two warring sides. He had arrived to allow one more option of mercy as decently offered by France who was certain of a quick and bloody victory. France's offer was to allow England to declare a loss right then, allow France to declare victory, arrest all the soldiers, keep the King and his high ranking leaders safe to be returned (for ransom of course) while the remaining soldiers' fates would be death or imprisonment. To some that was an act of mercy. Truly, to stop England from suffering such a terribly bloody loss, including perhaps the death of the young King. But, the King proclaimed he was not afraid to go forth in battle and was offended by the offer. He directed the courier to tell the King of France his previous offer still stood and to make no more such offensive offers to him. The courier seemed impressed by the King's bravery and even took his cap off and placed it on his chest as a sign of respect and admiration and said in effect, "you will have no more such offensive offers tendered by me'. And he nodded and rode off to tell France that the battle would indeed go forward!
@alexyoon-sungcucina7895
@alexyoon-sungcucina7895 3 жыл бұрын
@@CasuallyObservant Definitely agree on the doft of the cap as a sign of respect. Whether he was doing his perfunctory duty or not, and whether he was confident of French victory or not, he was clearly impressed by Henry's resolve. How many other kings and nobles had he delivered terms to and found them to be little more than connivers and cowards?
@CasuallyObservant
@CasuallyObservant 3 жыл бұрын
@@alexyoon-sungcucina7895 - I imagine most of them!
@DwarfyDoodad
@DwarfyDoodad 3 жыл бұрын
​@@alexyoon-sungcucina7895 Agincort was such a *resounding* defeat for the French that the ransom of the French nobility repaid the cost of the failed invasion and then some, and the French Infantry still suffered servitude or death. But make no mistake, Henry's invasion of France was absolutely a failure, Agincort wasn't a battle Henry wanted to fight, especially outnumbered and with many of his men so *literally* sick with Dysentery they went without pants (actual accounts of this, dysentary is conveyed via diarhea) Keep in mind Henry knew (at the time of the Battle) he was a disgraced king and if ransomed back (if it was paid at all) he would have been deposed. His options were death in battle or death in disgrace he didn't think he had a chance of actually winning the battle.
@DwarfyDoodad
@DwarfyDoodad 3 жыл бұрын
@@alexyoon-sungcucina7895 To clarify further: "Ransom" actually was standard practice, land owners were rarely if ever put to death even on the battlefield in any conflict. But in terms of this speech King Henry is willing to pay from the crown's treasury for any man who doesn't want to die ("His passport shall be made") Even if Henry himself is not willing to admit such a disgrace.
@GlobalShutterNY
@GlobalShutterNY 3 күн бұрын
Simply THE best version of this speech I have ever seen...
@nbenefiel
@nbenefiel 9 жыл бұрын
No one in the thousands of years of human culture wrote like Shakespeare, no one.
@NBarker1993
@NBarker1993 9 жыл бұрын
Nancy Benefiel Its amazing how he just blows everything else out of the water. Very, very little matches him and nothing surpasses him. It'd be interesting to see what Shakespeare's thought process was like, I wonder if there's any notebooks of his that exist that showed us what he was thinking?
@30secondstomarsMBH
@30secondstomarsMBH 9 жыл бұрын
+Nancy Benefiel And thank god. At least I can understand everyone else. I really don't get people's fascination with Old English. Yay, it happened, it made us speak a certain way, it introduced certain things, but now it's old and we don't speak it really that much any more and it doesn't make much sense, and it's not modern english and oh, by the way I speak in slang more than I do QUEEN's english, so, it's not exactly that relevant any more. Like, that's how I see it anyway. Great stories, annoying as hell language.
@nbenefiel
@nbenefiel 9 жыл бұрын
+30secondstomarsMBH Old English is Anglo Saxon, the language of Beowulf. You can't read it just from knowing modern English. Middle English is much more accessible as in Chaucer or the lovely poem Sumer is icumen in, thought to be the oldest in the English language. The English of the 16th and 17th centuries, Shakespeare and Marlowe are readily accessible with a good glossary. I can't imagine wanting to miss the beauty of it. When you lose a language, which we are doing rapidly right now, you lose the heart of the people who think in it. Each loss takes something away from mankind, in my humble opinion.
@nedpike2186
@nedpike2186 9 жыл бұрын
+Anon San It's really quite simple. Shakespeare wrote his plays not to entertain the gentry & royalty, but for the common folk in the pit at the Globe. Since they, in that day, were mostly illiterate, he had to write easy "hooks" that the common man would remember and spread as cheap advertising. He invented the movie trailer, but had the genius to keep it up for a 2 hour play.
@nbenefiel
@nbenefiel 9 жыл бұрын
+brony428 It's not just the stories, It's what he did with them.
@ChannelUmptyThree
@ChannelUmptyThree 5 жыл бұрын
That has to be the most cultured way to say "Let's go kick some ass!"
@marvinc9994
@marvinc9994 3 жыл бұрын
""Let's go kick some ass!"" Well, _arse_ , at any rate: the English don't care much for animal-kicking ;-)
@VVeltanschauung187
@VVeltanschauung187 3 жыл бұрын
Isn't that the irony of it?
@MonicaActis
@MonicaActis 3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha. Love it!!!
@ObsoleteOddity
@ObsoleteOddity 7 жыл бұрын
I've watched this scene many times, I had the video cassette (now vintage!) ...back in the day. I think Mr Branagh did a damn fine job of bringing Shakespeare to the younger generation. My poor old landlord at the time....full volume - lol
@brettbaxter7882
@brettbaxter7882 3 жыл бұрын
When I hear King Harry, so does my neighbor.
@persesrathert8324
@persesrathert8324 3 жыл бұрын
Blessed old landlord to have such a tenant.
@Lorenzo-cp7qs
@Lorenzo-cp7qs 3 жыл бұрын
@@persesrathert8324 For thine men are honoured
@dinoperedetout7464
@dinoperedetout7464 3 жыл бұрын
Thankfully, you did not call him “host”!
@63Baggies
@63Baggies 3 жыл бұрын
If it's too loud; you're too old :-)
@mikeoglen6848
@mikeoglen6848 7 ай бұрын
Never, in the field of human conflict, was so much owed by so many to so few....
@edwardfrostickblois4191
@edwardfrostickblois4191 6 ай бұрын
Utter rubbish
@mikeoglen6848
@mikeoglen6848 6 ай бұрын
@@edwardfrostickblois4191 OK, you tell that ti Winston, then...
@wayneantoniazzi2706
@wayneantoniazzi2706 4 ай бұрын
No doubt many of those RAF boys in the Spitfires and Hurricanes had this speech in the backs of their minds, even if they didn't realize it at the time.
@ajurado800
@ajurado800 6 жыл бұрын
"I pray thee bear my former answer back: Bid them achieve me, and then sell my bones." (Henry V, 4.3.91-2)
@concars1234
@concars1234 3 жыл бұрын
badass line
@nickdarr7328
@nickdarr7328 3 жыл бұрын
I love that since time immemorial the glory of combat has never been in the fighting or even personal bravery. But the simple love and absolute willingness to die for your fellows. That term band of brothers captures the feeling perfectly
@pateris
@pateris 2 жыл бұрын
I think it underlines the fact that when you wee the actual fight (as far as I remember it), it's not Exacalibur or Ran-style grandiose, but an abject brawl in mud and blood. Brannagh might have been standing on the shoulder of a giant, but he knew what he was doing…
@bigbadseed7665
@bigbadseed7665 8 жыл бұрын
"Bid them achieve me and then sell my bones!" God, I love it!
@Ianjeffery2500
@Ianjeffery2500 Ай бұрын
For every day I walk this earth, I thank providence that I was born British. All my life I have stood on the shoulders for giants who gave me this birthright and privilege.
@ghill628
@ghill628 4 жыл бұрын
Another Veterans Day comes and again I come back to the St. Crispin's Day speech. To all my shipmates, past and present, it was my honor to belong to your band of brothers.
@wireguided9572
@wireguided9572 5 жыл бұрын
Without doubt, the best rendition of this speech, ever. I have this film at home and every now and then watch it. I never tire of it. Makes me proud to be British. For good or bad the British have certainly made an impact on this planet out of all proportion to their numbers.
@francais197
@francais197 3 жыл бұрын
proud to be English
@Bruce-1956
@Bruce-1956 2 жыл бұрын
Britain didn't exist. I take it your English! Maybe you should learn some history.
@georgeiii2998
@georgeiii2998 2 жыл бұрын
@Bruce1956 What do you mean, Britain didn't exist? Great Britain is an island, of course it existed. And the original commenter lives in the present, not in the past, which makes them citizens of the present-day United Kingdom, which is probably what you meant. I'm capable of being pedantic too.
@kellydg471
@kellydg471 2 жыл бұрын
@@Bruce-1956 If you actually watched the play, you will see that Shakespeare included a Scotsman, an Irishman and a Welshman to show this was a "British" victory
@RCAvhstape
@RCAvhstape 9 жыл бұрын
100 viewers hold their manhoods cheap.
@princepis
@princepis 9 жыл бұрын
Lol
@cascinamelognis9027
@cascinamelognis9027 9 жыл бұрын
+Helium Road 2% of stupid people means a very good average. Be faithful in human progress despite the mice.
@davidmckown3590
@davidmckown3590 8 жыл бұрын
the number of cheap manhoods has increased to 115
@carlosdanger5741
@carlosdanger5741 8 жыл бұрын
+Helium Road I've been holding my manhood cheap for years. I have pictures...
@johnogrady7066
@johnogrady7066 8 жыл бұрын
+Carlos Danger very witty :-)
@jimhall167
@jimhall167 Жыл бұрын
I saw this movie when it debuted in 1989 as most of my friends were dying of AIDS. Several of us, all gone now but me, saw it together. We had a foe and we were few and despised by society. Nothing could have been more encouraging than this scene, the St. Crispin's day speech by the dear King. I miss them all and hope that in the hereafter we will meet again and remember St. Crispin's day.
@deniseeulert2503
@deniseeulert2503 Жыл бұрын
You will see them again. Maybe in Heaven/the hereafter, we can all act in plays forever.
@longshot7601
@longshot7601 7 ай бұрын
I saw this in a video store and for a dollar,. what the heck. I have never seen or read anything by Shakespere before. I watched it mesmerized. I went to get Hamlet with Mel Gibson next and was sorely disappointed. I play Branagh's spech when I'm feeling depressed for some reason and it helps get me out of that funk.
@WhiteIkiryo-yt2it
@WhiteIkiryo-yt2it 7 ай бұрын
May the memories of your friends, you happy few live forever.
@powfoot4946
@powfoot4946 7 ай бұрын
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
@MaryCree-p3r
@MaryCree-p3r 6 ай бұрын
We would not die in that man's company who fears his fellowship to die with us. --I thought about that line often during the deepest days of the AIDS crisis.
@normvw4053
@normvw4053 6 ай бұрын
Once, and only once was I able to recite this, from memory, and complete, with a friend. We were at Arlington National Cemetary, at the base of a tree was a plaque, with the quote, "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...", I've not been able to do it since, but if any place I was able to do this, there, among that Hallowed Garden of Stone, that was the place...that was the time.
@mustafajackson9430
@mustafajackson9430 4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant work by Mr. Branagh and his Happy few.
@therevolvingmonk
@therevolvingmonk 4 жыл бұрын
Braveheart, Gladiator, and 300 pre-battles speeches are amateur hour compared to Sir Kenneth nailing Shakespeare.
@concars1234
@concars1234 3 жыл бұрын
it's all about the language, man
@johnnysokko4648
@johnnysokko4648 3 жыл бұрын
Truth
@therevolvingmonk
@therevolvingmonk 3 жыл бұрын
@@concars1234 So true. The way Shakespeare sounds as you hear it and how it feels as you speak or read it tickles a part of the brain in a way that few other things can.
@daybeau7819
@daybeau7819 3 жыл бұрын
Three elements put this clip at the top of motivational speeches: the text, the delivery, and that sneaky--but really effective--music track. Contrast this version with Olivier's take on the material or even Bill Pullman's almost pep rally worthy speech near the end of Independence Day and you will wonder why did the others waste the celluloid.
@63Baggies
@63Baggies 3 жыл бұрын
Shakespeare is the GOLD standard. There's a reason why we're still watching and reading his work 500 plus years later. There are fewer and fewer reason to feel pride in being English; especially nowadays - William Shakespeare is one of them.
@user-pm5jh8vj2x
@user-pm5jh8vj2x 4 ай бұрын
No wonder the Brits ruled the world for 300 years. Every schoolboy with any imagination who read this, and that was schoolboy for generations, was highly motivated to serve the crown to the maximum extent possible. The Bard was a linguist genius who will never be equaled.
@johncarroll772
@johncarroll772 4 ай бұрын
Read Flashman
@davidtuer5825
@davidtuer5825 4 ай бұрын
@@johncarroll772 Don't be stupid! Flashman is the very antithesis of Henry's spirit. Remember, it may be Shakespeare but it's not fiction, the battle was real, the odds against but we prevailed, in real life. Shakespeare preserved it for us.
@rongravelle603
@rongravelle603 8 жыл бұрын
If his voice booms any louder, it would cause the clouds to move. What s voice!
@WolfStrife
@WolfStrife 9 жыл бұрын
600 years ago today...
@Mermaid2261
@Mermaid2261 4 жыл бұрын
I can hear this speech over and over and it affects me the same way each time. As inspirational as it gets!
@stubblington
@stubblington 2 жыл бұрын
Whenever I need a pick me up, I can always come here and it never fails. This rendition was what introduced me to the play when I was bored flicking through the channels one day when I was a teen. From then on I was obsessed with it and have even been lucky enough to both direct it and star in the lead role (in separate amateur productions). Thanks Kenneth Branagh, you gave me an appreciation for Shakespeare that helped shape my life.
@seanjoyce7039
@seanjoyce7039 3 жыл бұрын
Does anybody else love the cool little connection made between Henry and Herald? Henry refers to him as "gentle", knowing he's just an emissary and likely wants no part of the conflict, while Herald doffs his hat to him, clearly a showing of respect toward Henry's abject bravery.
@kegginstructure
@kegginstructure Жыл бұрын
It is a central tenet of chivalry that when not in combat, you hold your enemy/adversary in highest regard.
@MarySanchez-qk3hp
@MarySanchez-qk3hp 10 ай бұрын
Wish it was still that way, America has fallen so low of late.
@HordrissTheConfuser
@HordrissTheConfuser 7 ай бұрын
'Gentle' in this context has a similar meaning to 'noble', as in 'gentleman'. The same meaning is used in "... gentle his condition". Knowing Shakespeare, though, this was probably a deliberate double-meaning.
@fnulnu6507
@fnulnu6507 9 жыл бұрын
I had to learn and recite this speech in college in1995. Had never heard of it, but was greatly inspired. I have searched for it many times since, but just happened across it today. Greatest speech ever!
@corkmans8846
@corkmans8846 9 жыл бұрын
+fnu lnu It's a lot harder to memorize in high school tonight...
@fnulnu6507
@fnulnu6507 9 жыл бұрын
+Corrigan “ayy” lmao You will never forget it.
@fnulnu6507
@fnulnu6507 7 жыл бұрын
fight for your own destiny. dont be told what to do.
@robertthomas3777
@robertthomas3777 Жыл бұрын
Branagh always gets the good lines. Underrated actor. Timeless words for all soldiers, past present and future.
@Sammyli99
@Sammyli99 7 ай бұрын
but not IDF, oh please.
@voivod6871
@voivod6871 5 ай бұрын
not sure what you are on about Branagh is an extremly highly rated actor and rightly so.
@zakurquhart225
@zakurquhart225 3 жыл бұрын
He inspired courage and showed no fear. A king in name and sword.
@davidrodgersNJ
@davidrodgersNJ 10 жыл бұрын
I'm hardly Shakespeare, but this is what I call BALLS. It makes me proud of my British blood.
@susanesquer1520
@susanesquer1520 6 жыл бұрын
I take it that you don't hold your manhood cheap . (16 November 2045 hours)
@razahasnain9326
@razahasnain9326 5 жыл бұрын
Dont be proud of your british world. In a few years, south asians will ve running britain, ruling over all of u with an iron hand, just like the east india company did with us. Almost 30 percent now. In a few years indians will take over. Shakespeare will be translated in hindi and english will be forgotten.
@stevecooper7883
@stevecooper7883 5 жыл бұрын
@@razahasnain9326 "Achieve me, and then sell my bones!"
@razahasnain9326
@razahasnain9326 5 жыл бұрын
Bradley Owusu all human beings were asians once upon a time.
@raymondturner1478
@raymondturner1478 5 жыл бұрын
@@razahasnain9326 lol
@robbo-jn7169
@robbo-jn7169 4 жыл бұрын
This will hang on my conscience for years to come, the music,the language and the tone come together to inspire millions. Future generations will never see a better speech.
@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447
@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447 6 жыл бұрын
I'm Irish and even this stirs my blood.
@hooper7735
@hooper7735 4 жыл бұрын
It stirs all our blood.... We of these islands have earned the right.... Scottish, Irish, Welsh and English.... These are our islands... We have nowhere else to go
@mojo199
@mojo199 4 жыл бұрын
There would have been Irishmen in his army
@johnperry4857
@johnperry4857 4 жыл бұрын
Kenneth Branagh IS Irish.
@johnperry4857
@johnperry4857 3 жыл бұрын
@Kyle P.V That's as plausible a theory as any.
@GentlemanofEngland
@GentlemanofEngland 3 жыл бұрын
@@mojo199 there wasn’t any Irishmen in Henry the 5ths army as the English only owned a tiny part of Ireland at this point and his army was almost entirely English with 600 Welshman
@wayneantoniazzi2706
@wayneantoniazzi2706 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing. To my knowledge Shakespeare never served a day in the military in his life, but he "got it." What a genius he was! And Kenny Branagh NAILED that speech! He even beat Olivier's version, and that's saying something!
@berserkley
@berserkley 7 ай бұрын
As good as Olivier's Henry was, I think Branagh's is the gold standard. (For my money, the best Olivier Shakespeare is Richard III)
@jimtownsend7899
@jimtownsend7899 4 ай бұрын
I found Olivier's to be rather like rote recitation. In honesty, he let Shakespeare's words take center stage and yet, Branagh's version puts the feeling and emotion behind the words.
@francispardeilhan5719
@francispardeilhan5719 6 жыл бұрын
What a stunning interpretation of a magnificent speech...
@TheJoshuamooney
@TheJoshuamooney 5 ай бұрын
To my mind, the best cinematic Shakespeare ever. And here, Henry V’s greatest scene. This is Ken Branagh’s true triumph, and will always be remember’ed. Plus: Brian Blessed!
@thraciangrapes
@thraciangrapes Жыл бұрын
Thank you 👏 The most brilliant and stirring speech ever written.
@rhondapetrus7187
@rhondapetrus7187 6 ай бұрын
Why does this always give me chills. My ancestor fought at Agincourt.
@KevinMeeds
@KevinMeeds 3 ай бұрын
bonjour...
@taylorahern3755
@taylorahern3755 6 жыл бұрын
Yes, one of the finest and most inspirational speeches ever given in cinematic history. Mesmerizing and beautifully rendered, Kenneth Branaugh delivered it to sublime perfection, with this passionate love and seamless grace, to the point that his deep and wonderful veneration of Shakespeare, and more specifically, of Henry the V, oozed out of him with this natural and poetic flow. Spellbinding, sign me up for battle, such was that speech's impact and effect upon me, its timeless appeal, its endearing and enduring poignancy, and its true power, remaining undiminished through the passage of time. Loved it, that amazing speech, along with that astonishing and incredibly inspirational rendering of it! Shakespeare himself would be proud. Great job Kenneth, from one nostalgically inspired Irishman to another!
@stewartmcmanus3991
@stewartmcmanus3991 Жыл бұрын
To quote Churchill, "the jewel in the crown of English military history."
@perfesser944
@perfesser944 7 ай бұрын
"We few, we blessed few, we band of brothers!" Countless are the occasions when teams or groups of humans could have uttered those words.
@93stormer
@93stormer Ай бұрын
I'm glad this video didn't cut off at the applause line but included Henry's exchange with the Herald. That really underlined his grim determination, and realization that there's now no turning back, bravado aside. Truly incredible acting.
@Modyman
@Modyman Жыл бұрын
Just got cast as Henry. Which is strange for me, cuz I’m typically the comedic side kick. But I’m stoked as hell to deliver this and “once more unto the breach”
@ehsfb20011
@ehsfb20011 Ай бұрын
In 1995 our high school football team was coming off a loss and was playing the number 1 team in the nation, Los Alamitos. In the pregame meeting I gave an out line of the scenario and played this clip. We beat them.
@jskn15
@jskn15 7 жыл бұрын
If English is your language, this is your speech. Great are the English Speaking nations. We are a crazy family, but we are family.
@noneofyourbusiness43
@noneofyourbusiness43 6 жыл бұрын
Britain's the weird cousin who isn't a bad guy but its sad cuz he lets his wife beat him
@blockmasterscott
@blockmasterscott 6 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100!
@prestonlindbeck1197
@prestonlindbeck1197 6 жыл бұрын
Absolutely God damn right!!!
@Trickroad
@Trickroad 6 жыл бұрын
jskn15 and islam is taking over the english nations
@NJA1039
@NJA1039 6 жыл бұрын
It’s not perfect but it’s the best damn language we got
@samosullivan1744
@samosullivan1744 3 жыл бұрын
That moment when the camera shows Robin The Luggage-Boy is truly magical. Not just because you can see the young lad feeling a whole new surge of pride at his place among these older soldiers and the place in history he’ll earn, but you can also see the young Christian Bale’s inspiration! After he had done Empire Of The Sun, he felt like he wanted to quit acting, but working with Branagh encouraged him to continue his career. You can imagine how full of awe he must have been watching this legendary thespian deliver this passion-filled speech!
@lauraschwendinger4759
@lauraschwendinger4759 5 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Score, actor, text are perfect match. So extraordinary! I wish Kenneth Branagh would do 10 more film adaptations of Shakespeare!
@davidbroadley126
@davidbroadley126 Жыл бұрын
He s not even english is he hes from belfast that wil b a one sided movie as well
@davidbroadley126
@davidbroadley126 Жыл бұрын
Olivier blinds brannagh at Shakespeare
@davidahlstrom7533
@davidahlstrom7533 5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant delivery of Shakespeare's great Henry V leadership speech. Branaugh is one of the all-time great actors.
@renatebarbeck
@renatebarbeck 8 жыл бұрын
The power of words. Thanks Kenneth Branagh the best Shakespear performer!
@toonu
@toonu 10 ай бұрын
Have watched this video once per day for 5 months. I can recite it all. It’s also my shower timer. In, wash, recite this entire video, out, dry.
@georgeorwell4534
@georgeorwell4534 6 жыл бұрын
His speech to the Herald is equally stirring.
@jrfras
@jrfras 9 жыл бұрын
It blows away the Braveheart speech because the writer was Shakespeare. Who wrote the speech for Braveheart? Was it arguably the best writer of all time? Of course it is better.
@McSuperfly101
@McSuperfly101 9 жыл бұрын
I'll have you know the writer of Braveheart also wrote Pearl Harbor... Bet you feel silly now.
@AlienDark12
@AlienDark12 9 жыл бұрын
McSuperfly101 Pearl Harbor was terrible...
@jrfras
@jrfras 9 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@McSuperfly101
@McSuperfly101 9 жыл бұрын
λιεnδαгκ12 Here, let me introduce you to my friend 'sarcasm'.
@jrfras
@jrfras 9 жыл бұрын
Poe's Law then?
@joshuacarter6702
@joshuacarter6702 7 жыл бұрын
This speech should rouse the heart of every true English man.
@ianduarte1992
@ianduarte1992 4 жыл бұрын
Not only the englishman have their hearts racing with this speech my friend
@michaelluckmann9773
@michaelluckmann9773 4 жыл бұрын
I'm not English...but I am very aroused...I mean my heart is roused.....
@ianduarte1992
@ianduarte1992 4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelluckmann9773 its ok to be aroused as long as you say no homo.
@coldcallinguk
@coldcallinguk 4 жыл бұрын
It does. I am English and proud of it.
@STPickrell
@STPickrell 3 жыл бұрын
Americans, South Africans, Anglophone Canadians, Australians, and New Zealanders can claim this as part of their heritage, and those in the Scotland, Ireland, Wales, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa can claim this in a way that others cannot. Likewise, my counterpart in Quebec is taking pride in the great works of French writers, and can appreciate it in a way I can only begin to ...
@Cheggley45
@Cheggley45 2 жыл бұрын
Well, I have watched this scene in excess of fifty times, and will continue until have I have committed it all to memory! So powerful!
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