Traitors

From Branagh's Henry V (1989)

[@magna4100]

High Treason is one thing, incurring the wrath of Brian Blessed...oh dear.

[@tmurphy1000]

Seriously. Like, “can you draw and quarter me instead, please?”

[@monicacall7532]

This is my favorite Shakespeare film. I always get something new every time I watch it.

[@gilmer3718]

Brian Blessed in beast mode.

[@MM22966]

I learned recently he brought his own set of armor to the set....

[@whylie74]

Isn't he always and the much better for it.

[@shadow-Sun]

You can see why any actor worth their salt craves to do Shakespear .

[@azoutlaw7]

Brian Blessed is absolutely just IT! Such talent! I would go to war with My Uncle of Exeter behind me. Amazing.

[@Postinaway]

He apparently is a weekend warrior,literally! He is a passionate historical reenactor as well as a brilliant actor. :)

[@tommyt1971]

That slap that Exeter gave Scroop still scares me. Totally vicious & well-deserved.

[@stonegarden5251]

When your best friend and closest advisor betrays you...never again will you ever trust another person so completely. The slap was a personal reprisal by Lord Beaufort for he knew, as loyal as HE was, Henry would never again trust a man so completely, be he deserving or not.

[@rhizzaplacido4439]

Stone Garden Hi, how they become traitors? Sorry not much good at english thats why i can’t understand.

[@stonegarden5251]

The Southampton Plot of 1415 was a conspiracy to replace King Henry V with Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. The play recounts the exposing of the plot and the trap Henry set for the conspirators who were paid to betray and usurp the king. Scrope’s role in the plot was a particular surprise because he was one of the King’s best friends and royal confidante. To this day, some historians believe he insinuated himself in the plot in order to expose it and protect Henry.

[@LadyGambit33]

@@stonegarden5251 When I took courses on Shakespeare in college, we were watching this. The professor told us of a "theory" that the reason that Exeter slapped Scroop was because he and Harry had an intimate relationship...so it was more than treasonous betrayal, but emotional as well.

[@jerichamesclammay3107]

@@LadyGambit33 no. Just fucking no. I'll slap that idiot you had for a teacher the same way Exeter did to Scrope.

[@tonyjanney1654]

The look Henry gives the conspirators when he says: "Read them, and know, I know your worthiness." Scorn. Then followed by the menace of 'Why how now, gentlemen? What see you in those papers, that you lose so much complexion?" Cold. Shakespeare could wrote so well and Branagh delivers the lines so well.

[@54blewis]

It was also about their hypocrisy regarding one of the men at arms whom they lamented the king’s lenient treatment towards when they’re own treacherous act of betrayal was far worse, and once revealed begs for mercy..!!

[@lynnjenny77]

My 15th great grandfather was Sir Thomas Grey (one of the conspirators). Beheaded at North Gate of Southampton 2 August 1415.

[@Enfield-1853]

He was my 15th great grandfather too.

[@deckiedeckie]

@@Enfield-1853 ....Y mio tambien....

[@mileslong3904]

And now your king is a traitor to England himself.

[@williamjackson5942]

@@mileslong3904 And you a fool and liar! God forebear you pay your trothe for this crime!

[@VeryUselessPerson]

And my axe!

[@BruceMusto]

One of my favorite movies.

[@guaporeturns9472]

Same

[@stewartmcmanus3991]

Brilliant, never get tired of watching it.

[@jerichamesclammay3107]

so much better than the 2019 version

[@DavidHarrison-js3ji]

What an amazing play . So proud to be English

[@setebos8231]

The locking of that door was the first clue Something Serious was about to go down.

[@ATMAnubis]

And at 1:56 when Exeter puts his hand on the hilt of his sword. He knows what's up.

[@ashman187]

Now youse cant leave ...

[@thundershirt1]

I would be cowed unto death just by the jutt of Brian Blessed's beard.

[@samsignorelli]

Can we just give Sir Thomas Erpingham some props for just how FAST he pulled Henry back when Scrope lunged at him?

[@tmurphy1000]

They need to bring this movie back to streaming somewhere.

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Talented script writer.

[@Melted-Butter-1]

Yes, I hope he writes some more stories.

[@howardchambers9679]

​@@Melted-Butter-1😂😂😂😂

[@DanBeech-ht7sw]

The Scrope family are still around, still in Masham.... but not Lords any more

[@DavidHarrison-js3ji]

It always fills me with a sense of shame as a proud north east citizen to hear the word Northumberland in the list of traitors .

[@nmw6674]

Yorkie here.. I LOVE my county more than my country. If someone asks "where you from?" It's Yorkshire, not Leeds. Love the Northumberland flag btw, almost Basque. Beautiful countryside. 👋👍

[@CSBourne]

There are some these days who should pay more attention to this than others.

[@Warcrimeenthusiast]

Amen

[@martythetickler]

"I will weep for thee. For this revolt of thine, methinks.... is like another FALL OF MAN." Still one of Shakespeare's greatest lines.

[@shlomomark2275]

I wrote a paper on the Cambridge Five and used the presentation of this scene as a preface

[@Melted-Butter-1]

"Why, how now, gentlemen ..." that line gets me every time.

[@BlancoDevil]

How I feel myself in the portrayal of Brian Blessed. How I would have torn through such traitors for such a King. Brian is seen just barely able to restrain killing these fallen "men."

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Henry's father overthrew Richard II and was considered by some a usurper. The conspirators were motivated by the desire to put the Earl of March, Richard II's chosen heir, on the throne as in their view the legitimate king. Shakespeare glides over this to make it a simple matter of French bribery.

[@kennkoala]

5:48 The open hand slap was reserved for nobles and major authority figures. Commonly the back-hand slap was used, much like the Romans did, and forms the basis of Jesus' saying, upon receiving a back-hand slap, one must "turn the other cheek," for that would be the striker's acknowledgement of the victim having value.

[@michaelking9818]

A brilliant film

[@vershaladyn]

Brian Blessed makes the movie the most English thing I have ever seen. He seems like the type that would not only make a great monarch but also be the guy to knock back a few pints with. Or twenty.

[@Pumbaa856]

Brian Blessed-Force of Nature

[@harrisonmcarthur7816]

5:47 I'm not entirely convinced that slap was scripted. It appears too real.

[@kasimsultonfan]

When Brian Blessed slaps you, you stay slapped. And that glare... Jesus!

[@rawbird5341]

They had to write that in ex post facto.

[@Wolfinger1935]

I have read that it was not scripted. The tears coming from the actor are real.

[@Chebab-Chebab]

I wrote an original Harry Potter play for my former primary school. I used Derek Jacobi's role as the narrator for inspiration for the Hogwart's ghost to narrate my play.

[@PtolemyCeasar]

Betrayal is the worst of all.

[@J.B24]

I love this movie. iTunes is stupid not to have it in the store.

[@54blewis]

Even though I favored Olivier’s version….. I still think Branagh’s is a stand out,this is one of my favorite scenes from it…

[@just_kos99]

Olivier mentored Jacobi mentored Branagh mentored Hiddleston. Quite the noble lineage!

[@just_kos99]

"Like little body with mighty heart...."

[@guaporeturns9472]

Such a great movie

[@jlworrad]

It's interesting coming to this scene after watching Henry IV Part 2. Would Henry V have shown such mercy to the drunk fellow who spoke ill of him if he, as young prince Hal, hadn't been amongst drunkards in his youth? He knows men can say ridiculous things when they've a few drinks in them that they regret the next day. Had Hal have been a pious prince then that imprisoned guy may well have got the chop. Also, might his anger at the traitors be a kind of projection? He betrayed his pal John Falstaff (though that was the wise thing to do) and feels immense guilt which he can't show or acknowledge. His angry words to Massam are almost what he feels about himself.

[@RobCCTV]

Branners is certainly a good actorist. Might get the DVD... if there is one...

[@emilydiveley9661]

Wow. This great movie 🎥

[@jacobogonzalez6383]

What an excellent scene...

[@grahampovey8073]

All betrayals should be unmasked in such a way. I've known many traitors to my own love and trust in them.....(bit shakespearian that😊)

[@c.moorejr190]

That, ought to hold 'em !

[@BrianParsons-or1lv]

Love this man thanks

[@1101millie97]

What actually happened to these three traitorous noblemen? The King mentioned towards the end of this clip that he hopes they would have the 'patience to endure' their death sentences. Sounds like they suffered worse than a simple beheading. Were they hanged, drawn, and quartered?

[@joecoupon8299]

Southampton Plot en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_Plot

[@joecoupon8299]

Grey was beheaded on 2 August and the two peers on 5 August, both in front of the Bargate. Satisfied, Henry sailed for France on 11 August 1415.

[@CJDUBstang]

Awesome

[@glennhubbard5008]

Pale policy is the worst.

[@RequiteFahrenheit]

Daddy loves froggy. Does froggy love daddy? Ribbit.

[@VallaMusic]

military justice - both swift and sure

[@dangerfindertreasureseeker8905]

It’s a guess but pretty sure those three guys have a date with a block and ax.

[@cdrematt]

If they are lucky. The customary penalty was known simply as "The horrors." I will spare the gory details, as they can be easily found on Wikipedia, but they would have suffered considerably before they were finally killed.

[@harrisonmcarthur7816]

@@cdrematt Hung drawn and quartered?

[@cdrematt]

@@harrisonmcarthur7816 That's the one. Their heads would be cut off as well. Traditionally after the hanging, and removal of their insides, but before the quartering.

[@harrisonmcarthur7816]

@@cdrematt sounds like a lovely way to go. Didn't William Wallace die that way as well?

[@cdrematt]

@@harrisonmcarthur7816 Yes, he did. It was portrayed in "Braveheart." Actually quite close to accurately as well

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

5:16 - Fun Fact: this scene was filmed in Brian Blessed's garage. No set decoration was required.

[@michaelbootes4822]

I know language changes but how does security become careless you’d think the opposite

[@ksiistoyiiwa]

"Security" in the sense of feeling too safe and therefore not taking enough precaution.

[@J.B24]

"This revolt of thine, me thinks, is like another fall of man." There's no way William Shakespeare wrote that. No way.

[@Pablo668]

Fun fact: Richard Earl of Cambridge had an arguably superior claim to the throne over Henry. It may seem quite strange, I really want that Tunic (for want of a better term) Henry V is wearing.

[@johnbull1568]

It's called a tabard.

[@Pablo668]

@@johnbull1568 I thought that was worn over the top of maille or somesuch. Having said that, it's as good as anything else to call it.

[@alphonso391]

Clare Balding sans merci

[@rhizzaplacido4439]

How they become traitors? Thanks

[@1IbramGaunt]

French gold, that's how

[@busgreaser]

I thought this was about the Labour Party.

[@UncleMort]

Could they only get one actor, Blessed, that actually looks like he could go to battle? These are meant to be fighting men who ride in full armour with sword and shield, not serve coffee in Starbucks

[@PxThucydides]

Little known fact: Brian Blessed's direct ancestor actually defeated the French at Agincourt all by himself.

[@KOOLBadger]

Harry and Megan should see this..

[@williamjackson5942]

Nonsense. Silly child...

[@KOOLBadger]

@@williamjackson5942 😂🤣😂🤣 Im 60 and far from being a child you tosser!🤡💩

[@Elitist20]

Piers Morgan, Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nigel Farage, Liz Truss and everyone on GB 'News'.

[@hermionegardener3796]

"I arrest thee of High Treason.!" I wonder if Mr Smith said that? I can only hope that he gave a good slap as well.

[@QPRTokyo]

Add to the traitors list Prince Henry.

[@shawn6669]

I've always wondered if the "man" who railed against him was Falstaff.

[@marksieving7925]

Falstaff was dead by that time.

[@just_kos99]

Falstaff was a jerk. I don't know why so many love him.

[@davidbagley1783]

Free Masons

[@agh.abolfazl204]

jack black was fierce back in the day

[@nommadd5758]

FAFO!! 😃

[@dennisnguyen8105]

This NATO, this EU are but a momentary bout of reason. Lest we forget that history teaches us that England desires to subjugate France and France wish to conquer England. They dream of boodshed not flowers. They dream of battle cries and not of gay songs. Today is but a brief escape,

[@nigelevans8259]

Not a patch on Oliver, no gravitas, no style, no charisma!

[@just_kos99]

Olivier's voice is way too high, it's weird.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

@@just_kos99 Olivier's film left out this scene entirely. Its theme of treachery and punishment was considered a little too dark for 1944.

[@RebeccaCampbell1969]

Cheap movie, from a nonsense play... but the movie is worth gold. I xcellent adaptarion, incredible actors’ performances... and sadly the best movie from Kenny. One is better than none

[@just_kos99]

Ever see "Much Ado About Nothing"? It's just as great, IMO.

[@paulmasterson386]

I thought he was great in ‘wild wild west’. Didn’t even know it was him until the credits. That’s the sign of a good actor!

[@Ugaine-Mor]

Terrible writing.