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Henry Harris

Born: 13 November 1899, London
Died: 1971, Sussex

Highlighted works

  • This Man in Paris

    A 22-year-old Valerie Hobson is luminous in this comedy thriller.

  • Shiraz

    An epic silent feature based on the story of the world’s most beautiful monument to love: the Taj Mahal.

  • Henry V

    Henry V

    Conceived as a wartime morale-booster, Laurence Olivier’s groundbreaking reimagining of Shakespeare combines cinematic sweep with patriotic fervour.

  • Tomorrow We Live

    A French resistance tale based on the true-life story of agent Pearl Witherington.

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

    Laurence Olivier triumphed as actor and director in this stark and imposing screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s drama of tragic uncertainty.

  • A Matter of Life and Death

    A Matter of Life and Death

    In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s audacious Technicolor fantasy, WWII airman David Niven finds himself summoned to heaven after surviving a plane crash that should have killed him.

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