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Chimes at Midnight
Campanadas a medianoche
1965 · Film · 115 min
Directed by Orson Welles
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.
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"Chimes at Midnight" is a clever Orson Welles film that combines all of the Falstaff scenes from the various Shakespeare plays that he appears in.
> his first and only masterpiece, Citizen Kane
Only masterpiece? What about The Magnificent Ambersons? Touch of Evil? Chimes at Midnight? Calling his first film his only masterpiece gives the article a better story arc, but it's not true.