# Chimes at Midnight (1965)

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**Runtime**: 115 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama, History, War
**Directed by**: Orson Welles
**Written by**: Orson Welles
**Starring**: Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, Marina Vlady

> *A Distinguished Company Breathes Life Into Shakespeare’s Lusty Age of FALSTAFF*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Orson Welles directs and stars in this Shakespeare adaptation that’s not exactly Hamlet. Prince Hal enjoys shirking royal duties to run around with the louche John Falstaff. Eventually he has to grow up and fight some rebels, though. It’s not quite a history lesson.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cerebral, tender

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