Chimes at Midnight
A Distinguished Company Breathes Life Into Shakespeare’s Lusty Age of FALSTAFF
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Budget
$800 000
Box office
$0
Director
Actors
Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, Marina Vlady, Walter Chiari, Michael Aldridge, Tony Beckley, Jeremy Rowe
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Emiliano Piedra, Harry Saltzman, Ángel Escolano, Alessandro Tasca
Camera operator
Edmond Richard
Composer
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Artist
Audition
Editing
Elena Jaumandreu, Frederick Muller
Whole Team (19)
Whole Team (19)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Jesús Franco (1930-2013) worked as an assistant director on this film. His name is not listed in the credits because he and Welles had a falling out when Franco, without informing Welles, attempted to secure additional funding for the film. (Franco was a Spanish actor, producer, composer, and screenwriter whose work as a director often gained notoriety.)
- Despite playing a fat man, Orson Welles (1915-1985) went on a diet before filming to lose weight.
- According to Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017), Welles delayed the start of filming by two weeks due to fear of the public's reaction.
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