Henry V (1989)

This is the passionate and visually dramatic screen adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play about the courageous king's invasion of France and the historic Battle of Agincourt.

The young king Henry V (Kenneth Branagh) of England, intending to tax the english church, is sent off to war by the bishops to enforce the claim to France.

The King, thus sure of devine blessing for his cause, wages war on the French all too proud in overpowing strength in the famous Battle of Agincourt..

After the Battle, the French King has to give his daughter as a peace offering. In a bitter satire, this political marriage is then portrayed as the happy ending joining the two recent lovers.

This was Kenneth Branagh's astonishing directorial debut which won an Oscar for Best Costume Design