Fresh
Of all the movies Welles made, it may offer the most clues to his imposing pachyderm soul.
Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice
Chimes at Midnight
A Distinguished Company Breathes Life Into Shakespeare’s Lusty Age of FALSTAFF
1965 · 1h 55m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama, History, War
Directed by
Orson Welles
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Chimes at Midnight
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Orson Welles Director
- Orson Welles as Falstaff
- Keith Baxter as Prince Hal
- John Gielgud as Henry IV
- Jeanne Moreau as Doll Tearsheet
- Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly
- Marina Vlady as Kate Percy
- Walter Chiari as Mr. Silence
- Michael Aldridge as Pistol
- Tony Beckley as Ned Poins
- Jeremy Rowe as Prince John
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It takes large latent talent to tell the audience that you know that what you're doing isn't worth doing and still do it better than anyone else in the movie.
Pauline Kael, The New Republic
Fresh
A personal viewpoint, it mixes the grotesque, bawdy, comic and heroic, and does have a melancholy under its carousing and battles.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Here is a film to treasure.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Evidently Mr. Welles's reading of Falstaff ranges between a farcical concept of him and a mawkish, sentimental attitude.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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