Chimes at Midnight
The culmination of Orson Welles’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare’s robustly funny and ultimately tragic antihero, Sir John Falstaff; the often soused friend of King Henry IV’s wayward son...
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A Distinguished Company Breathes Life Into Shakespeare’s Lusty Age of FALSTAFF
Storyline
The culmination of Orson Welles’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare’s robustly funny and ultimately tragic antihero, Sir John Falstaff; the often soused friend of King Henry IV’s wayward son Prince Hal. Integrating elements from both Henry IV plays as well as Richard II, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
- Released16 March 1965
- Runtime1h 55min
- Director
- Budget$800,000
- Genre
- StatusReleased
- LanguageEnglish
- ProductionInternacional Films Espagnol, Alpine Productions, Peppercorn-Wormser Inc
