← Back to Canon
film

Chimes at Midnight

🎲

An Orson Welles Shakespeare adaptation combining five of the Bard's plays with Welles playing Falstaff, described as possibly the greatest Shakespeare adaptation ever made with stunning camera work and intense battle sequences.

Mentions (3)
"Orson Welles, director of THE CITIZEN KANE (literally the Citizen Kane of movies), claimed that CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT was the greatest movie he ever made. Of course he said the same thing about THE TRIAL too, but he was right about this one. Welles plays Falstaff in this combined adaptation of five of "
"Welles plays Falstaff in this combined adaptation of five of Shakespeare's plays, which it might just be the greatest adaptation of The Bard ever"
"Chimes at Midnight. Orson Welles – 1965. The most remarkable and crushing rejection of a friend available on film: 'I know thee not old man…' an incredible speech."
Some Shakespeare adaptations · u/SirJohnFallstaff · ↑28 · 2023-01-24
powered by Intelligence Briefings Co.