DVD Reviews

• Published in: Film international (Göteborg, Sweden) Sweden), 2008-10, Vol.6 (5), p.70-74
• Main Authors: Gartside, Will, Andersson, Lars Gustaf
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1651-6826; 2040-3801
• DOI: 10.1386/fiin.6.5.70

Olivier's Shakespeare (194455) Henry V (1944) Cast King Henry V Laurence Olivier Chorus Leslie Banks Ancient Pistol Robert Newton Princess Katherine Renee Asherson The Constable of France Leo Genn King Charles VI of France Harcourt Williams Duke of Bourbon Russell Thorndike Duke of Orleans Francis Lister The Dauphin Max Adrian Captain Fluellen Esmond Knight Captain Gower Michael Shepley Captain Jamy John Laurie Captain Macmorris Niall MacGinnis Sir John Falstaff George Robey Credits Director Laurence Olivier Producer Laurence Olivier Based on William Shakespeare's Henry V Screenplay adapted by Alan Dent and Laurence Olivier Editor Reginald Beck Art director Paul Sheriff Costumes Roger Furse Director of photography Robert Krasker Music William Walton Special features Audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder; theatrical trailer; Shakespearean Royalty , a chronology of England's rulers; stills galleries; English subtitles Specifications Region 1 Aspect ratio 1.33:1 Runtime 137 minutes Sound Monaural Colour Technicolor Hamlet (1948) Cast Francisco John Laurie Barnardo Esmond Knight Marcellus Anthony Quayle Sea Captain Niall MacGinnis First Player Harcourt Williams Player King Patrick Troughton Player Queen Tony Tarver Osric Peter Cushing Gravedigger Stanley Holloway Priest Russell Thorndike Claudius, the King Basil Sydney Gertrude, the Queen Eileen Herlie Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Laurence Olivier Horatio, his friend Norman Wooland Polonius, Lord Chamberlain Felix Aylmer Laertes, his son Terence Morgan Ophelia, his daughter Jean Simmons Credits Director Laurence Olivier Based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet Text editor Alan Dent Designer Roger Furse Associate producer Reginald Beck Photographer Desmond Dickinson Art director Carmen Dillon Editor Helga Cranston Music William Walton Special features New digital transfer with restored image and sound; English subtitles Specifications Region 1 Aspect ratio 1.33:1 Runtime 153 minutes Sound Monaural Colour Black and white Richard III (1955) Cast Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later, King Richard III) Laurence Olivier Duke of Buckingham Ralph Richardson George, Duke of Clarence John Gielgud The Lady Anne (later, Queen to Richard III) Claire Bloom King Edward IV of England Cedric Hardwicke The Lord Hastings Alec Clunes The Lord Stanley Laurence Naismith Queen Elizabeth, Wife to Edward IV Mary Kerridge Catesby Norman Wooland Ratcliffe Esmond Knight Lovel John Laurie Edward, Prince of Wales Paul Huson Richard, Duke o