Henry V - Band of Brothers Speech - HQ 480p - Kenneth Branagh 1989 Film
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- Опубликовано: 15 фев 2011
- Best quality version - Kenneth Branagh playing Henry V recites the famous 'Band of Brothers' speech from William Shakespeare's 'Henry V'.
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Every Englishman should know these lines:
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
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;
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. 
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Men will consider themselves accursed they were not with us on St. Crispins Day, and hold their manhood cheap.
I memorized this speech when I was 12 or 13 to get out of being grounded.
"This story shall the good man teach his son."
Happy Birthday Dad, you're one of the Greats.
resIPSA my dad used to make us do reading/writing assignments if we got in trouble. It certainly pays off in the end :)
I told my 8 yr old son about this on XMAS eve last year - and what it meant to me. I recited the bits I could remember in a playground before we went to church..
This evening he started saying ""we few, we happy few.." he managed a few lines of it, to my surprise. My gloomy mood evaporated, and we dropped by to see this video :)
Matt D I was 10years when My dad was in the process of becoming a teacher and he would make me write book reports when I got into trouble.I use to hate it; but he got to practice grading/teaching.
When I’m having random conversations about history or literature,people ask me how are you so well informed or know a lot about a particular period? I just tell them I use to get into a lot of trouble growing up lol!
It’s amazing how simple tasks our parents enforced as kids as punishment end up being memorable life shaping experiences.
I thank my father for giving me the ability to be inquisitive and form my own independent opinion/ideas .
@@noah2339That's a great story!
Pretty good rendition, gotta say. Mind you, great material.
One of the greatest speeches of all time. Branagh, and Shakespeare above all.
Best version ever. Did my best to imitate it as I walked the Agincourt battlefield back in 2013.
I must add: the score by Patrick Doyle adds immeasurably to this production, lacking in every earlier offering.
Oh yes, the score does add quite a bit. Not sure if that's a good thing.
Oh man, yeah, when he's entering the throne room the music really drums up the atmosphere.
Thanks for pointing that out!
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
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;
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."
October 25!
Today is Saint Crispin's day.
this speech is so beautiful it make me want to cry
being English i am biased, but it stirs the blood..not bad for a Lancastrian
Every time I hear this particular version of Henry V speech at Agincourt I want to jump up and shout at the top of my lungs "God for Harry, England, and St. George" Probably THE most rousing speech EVER given to troops in the field of battle. Ya just can't beat that ol' Bard.
Then do it. No shame. :)
I can hardly listen to this without weeping with pride; it defines what men should be.
They want you to kill for them. No thank you
Nothing wrong with pride in immortal feats, but also remember they were invaders and their victims poor, ordinary frenchmen, women and children.
There is no glory or pride in futile slaughter of young men, french and brits, who much rather would have lived in piece. Eternal shame to those kings with their royal ambitions..
@@freemason4979 also, Branagh in his (awesome) interpretation makes this a rousing speech, but Shakespeare was actually ambivalent, and some readings of this play see mockery of war and warmongering in Henry V.
Amen brother. Toxic masculinity is fake news
Twice in my schooling years did I recite this speech for classwork. I still remember most of it even though it's been 25 some years.
Hearing Branagh recite it always gives me goosebumps. The music is a big part too. Stirring...
turning a sure loss into a win just by words... in advance... before the fight has even started... only the best poets are able of doing this.
The battlefield was muddy (note rainy weather in film) negating the Charge of French knights, and slowing charge of French foot troops; the English longbowmen then devastated them
@@charlesdavenport6094 the French were drunk as hell, and had also been celebrating the previous night.
There's an excellent book by Bernard Cornwell about the entire campaign.
@@Themaxwithnoname I assume you are speaking of the Battle of Agincourt. If so, can you provide some evidence on that point, because I have never heard it before, and after a thorough google search cannot find anything.
@@Themaxwithnonamewith words and strategy
If you enjoy, you will love Branaghs' Much Ado About Nothing. It is Shakespeare even for people who say they can't follow Shakespeare. Both of these productions are simply brilliant.
Shakespeare, acted with emotion, is brilliant.
@@DIsmayedConfuse I think my favorite emotion in this, which finally just hit me, is how Brian Blessed knows two emotions, raucous joy and intensity (yes, simply being intense is his emotion). Love him.
His Hamlet & Othello are also excellent.
Well said, Branagh does an excellent job of spoon-feeding Shakespeare to the public in Much Ado, a delightful movie with another wonderful cast. Lovely music again as well!
This clip shall a good man show his son.
No wonder they won, they had the goddamn batman.
Not to mention BRIAN BLESSED.
i love how Kenneth Branagh played as Henry 5th and i love him very much
If only I could replace all the spineless politicians with a leader who speaks like this
Such beautiful words, and so magnificently spoken!
I did work for a military funeral group and our chaplain always quoted this amazing scene when he put one of his brothers to rest.
We few we happy few. We band of brothers.
The music man. It had me in tears
Saint Crispin's is the 25 of October. This battle was 601 years ago.
Holy shit I forgot how many amazing actors are just hiding in the background in this movie!
John Shepard: Like who? Asides from Branagh....?
NobleKorhedron e.g. kid Christian Bale
armageddon2419: I'm just not as stalkerish as some fans, needing to know exactly who is in what. I was sure he was being truthful but I wouldn't have known most of them, aside from Branagh.
armageddon2419: I just don't follow celebrities that obsessively, O.K.?!
+John Shepard Brian Blessed....one of my all time favorites.
This is pure acting. Great job.
I thought of this speech the night before my first mission as a Pilot over Iraq and I literally had no fear.
Henry's ALIIIIVE!!
Here, Brian Blessed plays Thomas Beaufort. Shakespeare has him referred to as 'Exeter' in this play. However, Beaufort didn't receive the title of Duke of Exeter until the following year - 1416. I guess just a little bit of artistic license.
I remember this way back college....I present this speech to many people....wow!
was great to see this in the theatre at initial release. it loses a lot on the small screen. Awesome to see Brian Blessed in full plate too
I served 4 years in the beloved US Marine Corps 2003-2007
My husband served in TET 68 as a Marine and later I met him in the Army. He finished his career as a Chief Warrant Officer II. At his funeral we stood and spoke these words and that of the Viking death poem! A true warrior! RIP!
lmao the libertarian was a zogbot.
St Crispin's Day 2021
2:07 young Christian Bale *_*
what a good eye for catching that
I kneeeew it...!!!!
He did this after Empire of the Sun
best version of this play ever :)
I don't know. Kenneth Branagh obviously is excellent BUT I am still partial to Sir Laurence Olivier's 1944 Henry V
+Wilhelm von Nord Bach This has a more grimy realism, the armour is shit-splattered, the Larry O. version is a bit too tidied-up and clean and the home counties accents of that age seem risible. Just an opinion though.
+@@LeRinkRat
Olivier by reputation
Branagh by delivery.....the power in his voice makes it the greatest
Left out the best bit: "I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our Island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone."
England, England,England...we fear nothing ..
Every Englishman should stir at this speech🇬🇧
Astorre 321 And American too.🇺🇸
The emotions are universal. Anyone with a heart & emotion would need to have a dead soul not to be stirred by this magnificent speech.
Shakespeare was for all ages & all people.
we few we happy few ,and any man will not stand to this day ,but we will
Chills. Every time I hear this. Chills.
If this does not move you.....you have no soul.
Words for all men, for all time, forevermore!
I want it corrected to all battle won warriors, for the ages! Til Valhalla!
this is so inspirational lol
Hal - "...that fought with us upon Saint Crispins day!"
(Cheers from troops)
Duke Thomas Beaufort of Exeter - "GORDONS ALIVE!!!"
From western to Shakespeare. Billy Zane, in character, performed this speech in Tombstone. That got me to this video, and I gotta say I'm not disappointed.
wonderful speech makes me glad am British!!!!!!
God bless our forefathers
went to see Richard the Third at Leicester cathedral last night equally wonderful but still think this is one of Will finest speeches!!!!
That😢😢 speech will die😢😢!!!!!!!soon😢😢😢
Great reference, Ferb!
Have a happy Agincourt Day!
Amazing speech!
"He who sheds his blood in the ring with me today is my brother." - Richard Torrez Jr.
a very great speech.....
What’s he that wishes so?
My cousin, Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin;
If we are mark’d to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man’s company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is call’d the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say “To-morrow is Saint Crispian.”
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say “These wounds I had on Crispian’s day.”
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he’ll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words-
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester-
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb’red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
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;
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.
Chills!
These words shall cause a man to follow his king through the gates of Hell!
Someone send a copy of this to Jon Snow. He seriously, knows nothing.
Too terribly white, I expect.
When the first three gents were speaking did your mind want to hear: "Fly my Hawk Men" If you don't know the reference a film with Queen playing all the films music is out there. Not Highlander another film.
Flash Gordon
I see one or two commentators have branded this oration as 'patriotic', as if Harry is a cheerleader for Brexit or something! This great speech has very little to do with patriotism, more a paean to personal courage and brotherly bonding. All that aside, Shakespeare's incredible words are so brilliantly delivered here.
Totally agree.
I mean Patriotism and Nationalism didn't even exist in Early Modern Europe, its more about Soldiers and their Bonds of Brotherhood and Glory.
And on a bonus this obviously wasn't the real Speech King Henry V had as he apparently was talking about the Previous Victories of England against the French.
BRILLIANT!
The best version I think- much better than Olivier's for me, partly because they look convincingly scruffy and muddy. And the music is perfect throughout- not too intrusive- and helps a lot.
Agreed. Olivier's version is more stilted, more robot-like, an outmoded style of theatrical performance. Branagh -- while still overly theatrical -- seems more "real" and more rousing, less artificial (within the boundaries of film, of course).
very inspiring
Sir Laurence Olivier's rendition is the definitive performance.
But the music in the Olivier movie is intrusive. Too bad.
I remember a rendition of this from a PS3 commercial. It was pretty intense
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.
God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more methinks would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
simply ... one of the pillars of the western civilization
Wonderful speech by Shakespeare up with the best of Churchill
And all English Every one else f**K off Its the English language at it best!!!
The battle was actually won by Welsh Archers.
@@davidevans-eg1ut forgot you were there
These are powerful words, and words I've quoted often. The performance does them no justice.
"The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain." If the "English accent" were one, Professor Higgins would have had no challenge with the common woman.
"Oyma gud gerl, oy am." :O)
Actually, if I remember correctly Winston Churchill wrote that the court of Henry IV was one of the first in which French was not the language of court. Wikipedia says 1362 Edward III was the 1st to address Parliament in English.
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I'm gonna make the best damn sundae! >:3
LETS DO THIS!
Branagh was born in Ireland but moved to Reading, England when he was 9.
who else is here for the homework
Ye lol
This all said, there is no person on this planet capable of vocalisation without an 'accent', and, even at the point of colonisation where several sub-dialects of English became the common idiolect of American-tongue, these were merely aspects of English Accents, rather than 'the core', if only because there never has been a single vent in which English was spoken.
When I received my 5th Covid vaccine (one of the first tranche, being in a priority category), I remarked to a friend that I was one of the few who'd had five already. He said "We few, we happy few .... Then shall he strip his sleeve!"
Based
is that Crispian Bale?
"Could I have that Passport you mentioned?"
You hold your manhood cheap
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Why do they skip the part of "By Jove, I am not covetous for gold" to "Oh, do not wish one more!" ?
GOD'S WILL I WISH YE PRAY NOT ONE HAM MORE!
the masculine urge to die for your king.
How anyone can listen to Branagh's exaggerated stressing without comment, beats me. A quality actor needs no stress. The words speak for themselves.
well we could discuss here what todays englishmen speak but in general i agree with you
Watching this in 2020 as i need to watch something uplifting in these dark times
His lips didnt load on my video
Oh Africa, Brave Africa. It was a laugh riot.
I have to memorize this for AP Lit :/
Then at the end, they all went home.
It must be frightening for an English actor to take of this part/speech after Oliver set the gold standard during worse crisis than Agincourt in English history, WW2. You have to be very brave to attempt it.
subtitle plz
Empire of the Sun - Mr C Bale
What's wrong with the audio on this copy?
The Night's Watch deserves a speech like this right before the Battle for the Dawn begins
Not anymore they don't.
The wall has fallen now
Who knew the King was actually Bilbo??
Where's his lips
Lol
The battle was really won by the Welsh archers who fought for the English against the French. They fired 70,000 arrows in the first three minutes of the battle which decimated the French. This was stated by Philip Warner who was senior lecturer at The Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
English Yeomen by this point in history. The welsh may have invented the longbow but the English made it a system of professional war. This war was a war between the first prototype of professional soldiers and the height of Feudal soldiery. There obviously were Welsh soldiers fighting but the majority were professional English Men at arms and Yeomanry Longbowmen. I hold a Phd specifically on this period of History, though granted my emphasis was more to do with the politics of the bloodlines than the fighting itself.
Henry was Welsh too, as he says proudly after the battle
Clips that end too soon...
There sure is a lot of Crispin-talk
Young Christian bale in there jeez
i love Batman
2:07 - I wonder if this speech inspired 15 year old Christian Bale (playing Robin the Luggage boy)
what the movie?
2:25
I may have to find incline to go to then British nanny school
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