Falstaff : chimes at midnight
Title:
Falstaff : chimes at midnight
Author:
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, film director.
Uniform Title:
Chimes at midnight (Motion picture)
Publication Information:
[Place of publication unknown] : [Publisher unknown], [2016?]
©1965
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
On the brink of Civil War, King Henry IV (John Gielgud) attempts to consolidate his reign while fretting with unease over his son's seeming neglect of his royal duties. Hal (Keith Baxter), the young Prince, openly consorts with Sir John Falstaff (Orson Welles) and his company of "Diana's foresters, Gentlemen of the shade, Minions of the moon". Hal's friendship with the fat knight substitutes for his estrangement from his father. Both Falstaff and the King are old and tired; both rely on Hal for comfort in their final years, while the young Prince, the future Henry V, nurtures his own ambitions.
General Note:
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).
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
Language:
English
UPC:
644827574223
Format :
DVD
