Chimes at Midnight
Sir John Falstaff is the hero in this compilation of extracts from Shakespeare's 'Henry IV' and other plays, made into a connected story of Falstaff's career as young Prince Hal's drinking companion. The massive knight roisters with and without the prince, philosophizes comically, goes to war (in his own fashion), and meets his final disappointment, set in a real-looking late-medieval England.
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Comedy, Drama, History
1965
115 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Chimes at Midnight
- Duration : 115 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : William Shakespeare (plays), Raphael Holinshed (book), Orson Welles
- Directors : Orson Welles min
- Imdb : 8 (4293 votes)
- Tomatoes : 4.3 (2071 votes)
- Actors : Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, John Gielgud
Movie Storyline
Sir John Falstaff is the hero in this compilation of extracts from Shakespeare's 'Henry IV' and other plays, made into a connected story of Falstaff's career as young Prince Hal's drinking companion. The massive knight roisters with and without the prince, philosophizes comically, goes to war (in his own fashion), and meets his final disappointment, set in a real-looking late-medieval England.