More than two years of planning and hard work have gone into bringing this classic movie, featuring film icon and one-time Brighton resident Laurence Olivier, to the festival.

In celebration of his centenary year, this digitally remastered version of the 1944 film Henry V will be shown set to a live performance of William Walton's original orchestral score.

Set towards the end of the Second World War, the film was adapted and directed from Shakespeare's original play by Olivier, who also took the starring role. It marked a timely rallying cry for flagging British morale.

It charts the course of Henry V's battle across France through the siege of Harlfeur and eventually to Agincourt, ending with his courtship of Princess Katherine.

Programmer Gill Kay says: "It's so exciting to show the film in this way, especially coinciding with Olivier's centenary, but it has taken a long time to put together because we had to sort out issues over the film rights, separate the sound from the speech on the film itself and try to uncover the original score."

After painstaking research, the festival has managed to recreate Walton's previously lost score, which will be performed live for the very first time by pre-eminent conductor Carl Davis and more than 200 musicians.

The vigour and invention of this cinematic landmark will be brought dramatically to life by a resounding live score which transports the audience into a thrilling world of battle.

  • Starts: 7.30pm Tickets: £12.50-£42.50, SOLD OUT
  • Sponsored by University of Sussex and Brighton Square