Chimes at Midnight

Chimes at Midnight UK release Falstaff Chimes at Midnight, Spanish release Campanadas a medianoche, is a 1966 English language SpanishSwiss coproduced film directed by and starring Orson Welles. The films plot centers on William Shakespeares recurring character Sir John Falstaff and the fatherson relationship he has with Prince Hal, who must choose between loyalty to Falstaff or to his father, King Henry IV.

The film opens with Sir John Falstaff and Justice Shallow walking through the snow, then to a warm fire inside the Boars Head Tavern as the two reminisce. After a main credit sequence, the narrator explains that King Henry IV of England has succeeded Richard II, whom he had killed. Richard IIs true heir, Edmund Mortimer, is a prisoner in Wales, and Mortimers cousins Northumberland, Worcester and Northumberlands son Hotspur demand that Henry rescue Mortimer. Henry refuses and Northumberland, Worcester and Hotspur begin to plot his overthrow.To Henrys great dissatisfaction, his son Prince Hal spends most of his time at the Boars Head Tavern drinking and carousing with prostitutes, thieves and other criminals under John Falstaffs patriarchal influence. Falstaff insists that he and Hal should think of themselves as gentlemen, but Hal warns Falstaff that one day he will reject both this lifestyle and Falstaff. The next morning Hal, Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Poins disguise themselves in Gadshill to prepare to rob a group of traveling pilgrims. After Falstaff, Bardolph and Peto rob the pilgrims, Hal and Poins jump out in disguises and take the stolen treasure from Falstaff as a joke. ........

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