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Campanadas a medianoche (1965)
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17 March 1967 (USA)
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The career of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff as roistering companion to young Prince Hal, circa 1400-1413. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Orson Welles | ... | Falstaff | |
| Jeanne Moreau | ... | Doll Tearsheet | |
| Margaret Rutherford | ... | Mistress Quickly | |
| John Gielgud | ... | Henry IV | |
| Marina Vlady | ... | Kate Percy | |
| Walter Chiari | ... | Mr. Silence | |
| Michael Aldridge | ... | Pistol | |
| Julio Peña | |||
| Tony Beckley | ... | Ned Poins | |
| Andrés Mejuto | |||
| Keith Pyott | |||
| Jeremy Rowe | ... | Prince John | |
| Alan Webb | ... | Shallow | |
| Fernando Rey | ... | Worcester | |
| Keith Baxter | ... | Prince Hal |
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Falstaff (France) (Switzerland: German title)
Campanades a mitjanit (Spain: Catalan title)
Chimes at Midnight (UK)
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Campanades a mitjanit (Spain: Catalan title)
Chimes at Midnight (UK)
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Spain:113 min | Switzerland:119 min | USA:115 min | Argentina:117 min
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In August 2004 restoration work began on the film by the same team that restored Welles's The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952).
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Revealing mistakes: The corpse of Hotspur opens and closes his mouth several minutes after his death.
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Referenced in The Wages of Sin (2003) (V)
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By far the best of Welle's three Shakespearean adaptations this is also arguably THE best Shakespeare on screen. Most filmmakers go for the tragedies - vide Welles himself - or settle for Romeo and Juliet but the History plays are seldom tackled. Here the maestro dips into several texts - most heavily into the two parts of Henry 1V but also Merry Wives, Henry V, Richard 11 - and then welds them together seamlessly to give an in-depth portrait of Falstaff. With a nice touch of irony the narration is spoken by Ralph Richardson who, prior to Welles here, was the definitive Falstaff - and remains so as far as theatre is concerned. It's hard to fault so I won't try, merely revel in a touch of greatness. 10/10