What is Henry V / Richard III about?

Double Feature: HENRY V, 1944, Sony Rep 137 min. In what is arguably the first great Shakespeare film (brilliantly framed with sequences depicting the play’s performance at the Globe Theatre), Laurence Olivier directs and stars as the 15th-century warrior king, leading his troops to victory against the French at Agincourt. Nominated for four Oscars. RICHARD III, Park Circus, 1995, 104 min. Dir. Richard Loncraine. Shakespeare’s murderous monarch is right at home in pre-WWII England as Ian McKellen brings his acclaimed stage performance to the big screen, with stellar support from Annette Bening, Robert Downey Jr. and Maggie Smith.

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What is Henry V / Richard III about?: Double Feature: HENRY V, 1944, Sony Rep 137 min. In what is arguably the first great Shakespeare film (brilliantly framed with sequences depicting the play’s performance at the Globe Theatre), Laurence Olivier directs and stars as the 15th-century warrior king, leading his troops to victory against the French at Agincourt. Nominated for four Oscars.

RICHARD III, Park Circus, 1995, 104 min. Dir. Richard Loncraine. Shakespeare’s murderous monarch is right at home in pre-WWII England as Ian McKellen brings his acclaimed stage performance to the big screen, with stellar support from Annette Bening, Robert Downey Jr. and Maggie Smith.