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  1. Chimes at Midnight ( Spanish: Campanadas a medianoche, released in most of Europe as Falstaff) is a 1966 period comedy-drama film written, directed by, and starring Orson Welles.

  2. Chimes at Midnight: Directed by Orson Welles. With Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, John Gielgud. When King Henry IV ascends to the throne, his heir, the Prince of Wales, is befriended by Sir John Falstaff, an old, overweight, fun-loving habitual liar.

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    • Comedy, Drama, History
    • Orson Welles
    • 1967-03-17
  3. The crowning achievement of Orson Welles’s extraordinary cinematic career, Chimes at Midnight was the culmination of the filmmaker’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare’s ultimate rapscallion, Sir John Falstaff.

    • John Falstaff
    • 2 min
  4. Apr 16, 2022 · Chimes At Midnight. Orson Welles cast himself as Shakespeare’s buffoon Sir John Falstaff, and borrowing elements from Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry V, and Richard II, assembled an impressionistic and often moving tribute to the grandeur of Shakespeare in Chimes at Midnight (1965; also called Falstaff ).

    • 116 min
    • 1959
    • almound2
  5. When King Henry IV ascends to the throne, his heir, the Prince of Wales, is befriended by Sir John Falstaff, an old, overweight, fun-loving habitual liar. Through Falstaff's eyes we see the reign of King Henry IV and the rise of Henry V.

  6. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff. To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.

    • 115 min
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  8. Henry's heir, Prince Hal (Keith Baxter), is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff (Orson Welles).

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    • History, Drama
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