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Orson Welles' adaptation of the Falstaff story, taken from the Shakespeare plays and Holinshed's chronicles. 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...

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Uniform Title:Chimes at midnight (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: U.G.C. (Firm), Société des films Sirius, Internacional Films Española, Mr. Bongo Films (Firm)
Other Authors: Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 (Actor), Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017 (Actor), Rutherford, Margaret, 1892-1972 (Actor), Gielgud, John, 1904-2000 (Actor), Baxter, Keith, 1933- (Actor), Rodway, Norman, 1929-2001 (Actor), Vlady, Marina, 1938- (Actor), Rey, Fernando, 1917-1994 (Actor), Richard, Edmond (director of photography.), Lavagnino, Francesco, 1909-1987 (composer (expression)), Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [Brighton, England] : Mr Bongo, [2012]
Subjects:
Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) > Drama.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > Film adaptations.
English drama > Film adaptations.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
English drama.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan.
Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character)
1500 - 1600
Foreign films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Drama.
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Summary:Orson Welles' adaptation of the Falstaff story, taken from the Shakespeare plays and Holinshed's chronicles. 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.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture under title: Campanadas a medianoche = Chimes at midnight = Falstaff, c1965. English language version released by Peppercorn Wormser, Inc., 1967.
Adapted by Orson Welles from William Shakespeare's plays (Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, Henry V, Richard II, and The Merry Wives of Windsor).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:PAL; multi region; dual layer DVD9; Dolby digital dual mono.
Production Credits:Photography, Edmond Richard; music, Alberto Lavagnino; editor, Fritz Mueller.