Henry V: Non Nobis and Te Deum

[TheHUSCLAR]

Check our dark and epic medieval song

[terryeggett1]

A great country ruined by arsehole politicians.

[andydatwork]

Beautifully done - quite literally brings a tear to the eye, especially as "non nobi domine", albeit in a different setting was my school's song.

You can't watch this and not realise just what an exceptional talent Branagh is.

[ConstantineJoseph]

Actually the English forces would never defeat the French. Not with the numbers they are facing and the equipment the French had. The French were armed to the teeth. In fact, most of them were in full plate armor. They weren't suffering from dysentry, they are well rested and extremely motivated. They had the entire nobility on horseback.

But God favored the English and the French trampled on themselves to death.

Non nobis was sung in deep humility and thanksgiving to His grace.

[LestatxLouis1]

@ConstantineJoseph ... that does not change the fact that the English longbow tactics were completely lethal and that the French were not prepared. Had the French advanced between Henry ordering his men to advance and them hammering the protective anti-cavalry stakes back in, it would have been another Battle of Patay and a horrible loss for the English. Look, if God favours the English, why not give them France without thousands dieing?

[rebel21ism]

Soli deo gloria!

[JoshsLists]

im too high for this shit

[hhwatkinson]

It shows respect between French and English especially at 4.22 where you see Henry pause by the dead body of the French Constable. Even Mountjoy mucking in as he resatrained that woman

[Ebhen1]

This shows that you don't need 100 millions to make a grand movie. You just need a good cast and some experts behind the camera. :) This scene is one of the best (and longest) I have ever seen.

[DrZaius75]

To me, at least, this sequence shows that you can praise God for victory, you can romanticize war and talk of it in poetic forms, but in the end it is nothing but weary people fighting, bleeding, suffering, and dying, in the mud.

[amilcaraml]

2011, JUNE 5TH: this day is yours young peruvians, you have fought well, and regained dignity and honour to your country...THE DAY IS YOURS NOBLE WARRIORS!

[nigen]

this HAD to have been done via pannaglide...

[madmax8903]

Ripping scene from a ripping movie.

[TheRogerblack]

Great movie, aweosome scene

[clarkbailey1973]

Branagh to Bale on why the French wanted to continue to fight; "Some men just want to watch the world burn"....

[medtrans9]

Notice the long, continuous take. Christian Bale must've been getting really heavy for Kenneth Branagh towards the end.

[georg1945]

Áldott legyen mindenki az az Ő nevét szájára veszi!

Áldott legyen, aki kér és kap.

Áldott legyen, akitől kérnek, és ad az Ő nevében.

Amen

[COELHODEMORAESVIDEOS]

Tremenda cena. ver mil vezes será pouco.

[Ekehart]

I always get so mad when they switch to full chorus and orchestra in this piece. It's not right. It's... too 'grand' for the setting. In my opinion, it would have been much better had it been entirely mens chorus. I can understand they want to add drama/excitement... but there are ways of doing that without completely making the scene 'flashy' and almost happy. My biggest problem with the entire movie.

[somedude221]

@Ekehart: I think those bloodied but victorious Englishmen were quite happy with surviving that bloodshed.

[MandeeSparkle]

@somedude221 Agreed. Henry V's triumph is considered very great in their history. This is one of the bright spots on their history. naturally they'd want to show it as such.

[gamerken]

@Ekehart i'm not entirely sure that i agree with you... i think that the orchesta joining in shows us that in the end, these were just regular joes who now that the war is basically over are going home back to their lives and thier family and the orchestra reminds us how lucky that they were to have lived through the battle....

[tranurse]

i have always loved when he gave the gloves back to the soldier who had hit him with them the night before.

[godzilloid]

The killing of the children was the most unchivalrous act that could happen in battle. it just shows that the concepts of chivalry frequently were flushed down the toilet in real battle.

[nigen]

@godzilloid

well, much of chivalry was by and large subjectively applied, most of the time it was jsut used for ransom, which was fine for the knightly class, back for serfs and levys.

[shanecarmen2008]

I remember when our 8th grade English teacher had us watch this, we had been asked to pay special atttention to the fact in this scene there is near constantly a white horse in every shot. Symbolism is so strong in so many aspects of this scene.

[RichardKleiner]

Kenneth Branagh is the man!

[POTCvidder]

hahaha, non nobis is my school song...no joke

[Chrshonore]

@POTCvidder awesome

[POTCvidder]

hahha, non nobis is my school song...no joke

[Yilly47]

1:23 My favorite part in the entire movie.

[AbsGuy]

Kenneth B is the only living actor who can make Shakespeare speak to the current ear--he is brilliant

[davus0]

Incidentally, when Har says that god fought for "us" it doesn't specify if he means the English, or just himself (using the royal pronoun). In fact... in some sense he is already King of France, so it could be himself + all the people he stands for, i.e. both the French and the English. Which is a weird thing to say about God, but then, why does he allow war in the first place?...

[nigen]

@davus0 or it could simply be that god pick sides with the english and the pronoun was just another of shakespeare's famous double entendres... "Henry le Roy..." henry the kind... sly bastard...

[davus0]

My english prof said it's not so much patriotism at work here as just empathy for the soldiers. Granted, from the English perspective - but they went in to thebattle expecting probably to be annihilated (even if eager to die in a blaze of glory), and now they find not only a stupefying victory, but simply the fact that they were in effect given their lives back...

[davus0]

@davus0 this is why they aren't gloating or revelling but rather celebrating in a much more reverential way, because they couldn't really process how much they had risked and, as it happened, won. If you fully expected to die one day and then God said, "Here, have life for the indefinitely long future" instead - you would probably weep rather than smile.

[dirtyjew1974]

great film but it always kind of makes me laugh he says God faught for us and his comrade says "yes..he did us great good" because hundreds of his men lay there dead so im thinking yes....wonderfull isnt it! lol

[300warrior300]

@dirtyjew1974 he mean when he said he did us great good, he mean that he was good in sparing them from being slaughtered

[dirtyjew1974]

@300warrior300 ok lol, it just always made me laugh to hear him say that though because im looking on the field at hundreds of dead men but true, it makes more sense what you saying he meant then, still funny to think of it as him meaning it the other way though lol

[cpla100]

@dirtyjew1974 I think you will find that "hundreds of his men" is wrong. Historical accounts say that less the fifty English soldiers died, they had great reason to celebrate and thank God. That's why Agincourt is regarded as such a spectacular victory.

[nigen]

@cpla100

but don't forget Rorke's drift

[Nelsonhojax15]

@dirtyjew1974 Well then I suppose you can say that about every battle/war/fight. The victory by the English was so unexpected and grand that it is "wonderful." Way to make a nonsensical point. Did you even pay attention to the movie?

[TheHachmom]

tracking shots 101....

[sharky123]

One of my favorite movies ever and Brannagh's finest hour. This scene reduces me to a puddle every time - and I've seen it countless times. Visually and musically as profoundly powerful a moment as I've ever seen on a screen.

[dirtyjew1974]

what is this song saying? its a very nice song!

[rjmick]

Non Nobis Domine Non Nobis Sed Nomini Tuo Da Gloriam

Not To Us O Lord Not To Us But To Your Name Give Glory

[OriamendiMexico]

"That God fought for us..."

Until God sent France Saint Joan of Arc.

Yes, that was a shot, OH!

[DeepRedBlue]

Ech, its Shakespeare, he can be patriotic to the point of ignorance if he likes.

[LuckyGraveyardBoots]

apparently you've never read shakespeare...if you had you would know how bitingly critical of religion and nationalism he can be.

[Dalbert342]

@OriamendiMexico Yeah....Hunderd Years War was called Operation Speedy Resolution back then lol

[nigen]

@OriamendiMexico

you know on the grand scale of thing, godlike the dude that operates the teeter totter, playing with the balance of power and making sure it never shifts too far.

[spiff195]

I'm learning Latin at this very moment, so to see this is, a song I have never understood, and then to hear and understand is a wonderful thing.

[Argie87]

Latin...the language of the Catholics...epic...

[damanhl]

Yeah...back then in Catholia...that's what they spoke. And in Protestia they spoke...errr...Hebrew. Jeez.

[Argie87]

Augh. Foolishness. Why do you think is obligatory for Catholic Priests to learn Latin? Read a book, use less internet.

[damanhl]

hehe. Agreed. Some people...*sigh*

[prigionierodizenda]

I don't know if it is obligatory for Catholic Priests, but shoud be obligatory for a film maker if he wants to use latin. And he should know that the dative of "nomen" is "nomini" and not "nomine" as they sing in the film.

[nigen]

@prigionierodizenda

eh, they're welsh, let em sing their hymns to war...

[OriamendiMexico]

Only in the Latin/Roman rite.  Don't forget about the other historical rites of the Church, Greeks, Slavs, Aramaics, Coptics, Syrians...

[hempenasphalt]

but apparently god changed sides not long after this...joan of arc anyone? :p

[Bohemian4ever]

MONTJOY! :D He's gotta be my favorite character from a Shakespeare play. Don't ask why... XD

Great song, extremely beautiful.

[ChucklesWickedly]

That's Christian Bale Ken's carrying, when he was neither buffed up nor scrawny thin.

[jerryku]

he was probably thinkin "Dammit Ken, you're amateur, man! Carry me with more gravitas! We're done professionally!"

[clarkbailey1973]

@jerryku lol

[Mommy12008]

If I was fighting in a Battle I can think of nothing better than to have Brian Blessed watchin me back :)

[Istojataachatearme]

I would find it rather creepy.

[sonnenschein33]

Very nice, but where is the "the deum"? They only sing "non nobis"...

[Leonmitch]

I am English and proud to be English and this makes me cry every time I hear this beautiful beautiful music!

[nclysander]

Which is, of course, in Latin.

[chrispollock]

thats the saddest thing ever. if you don't have a tear in your eye by the end, you must have no amygdala

[MissyHolland]

Gotta love those Gregorian Chants. LOL

[Excelsior2007]

Beautiful scene

[Whovian2711]

Love this film!