Chimes at Midnight
A Distinguished Company Breathes Life Into Shakespeare’s Lusty Age of FALSTAFF
Directed by Orson Welles
Produced by Internacional Films Espagnol, Alpine Productions
A richly textured Shakespearean adaptation exploring the collision between youthful excess and kingly duty, anchored by the warm but doomed friendship between a prince and his disreputable mentor.
Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. 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.
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