
Chimes at Midnight is an independently produced European film from director Orson Welles. The film is based on the play Henry IV by William Shakespeare.
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Orson Welles | Sir John Falstaff |
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Jeanne Moreau | Doll Tearsheet |
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Margaret Rutherford | Mistress Quickly |
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John Gielgud | Henry IV |
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Marina Vlady | Kate Percy |
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Walter Chiari | Mr. Silence |
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Michael Aldridge | Pistol |
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Julio Peña | Vassall |
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Tony Beckley | Ned Poins |
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Andrés Mejuto | Woman's Tailor |
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Keith Pyott | Lord Chief Justice |
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Jeremy ROWE | Prince John |
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Alan Webb | Shallow |
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Fernando Rey | Worcester |
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Keith Baxter | Prince Hal |
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Norman Rodway | Henry 'Hotspur' Percy |
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Jose Nieto | Northumberland |
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Andrew Faulds | Westmoreland |
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Charles Farrell | Bardolph |
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Fernando Hilbeck | Worcester's Son |
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Patrick Bedford | Nym |
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Beatrice Welles | Falstaff's Page |
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Ralph Richardson | Narrator |
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Agustín Bescos | Villager |
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Luis Ciges | Henry's Servant |
Director | Orson Welles |
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Writer | William Shakespeare, Raphael Holinshed, Orson Welles | |
Producer | Ángel Escolano, Emiliano Piedra, Harry Saltzman, Alessandro Tasca | |
Musician | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | |
Photography | Edmond Richard |
Packaging | HD Case |
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Nr Discs | 1 |
Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.66:1) |
Audio Tracks | PCM Stereo [English] |
Subtitles | English |
Distributor | Criterion Collection |
Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
Edition Release Date | Aug 30, 2016 |
Regions | Region A |
Watched | |
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Quantity | 1 |
Index | 1881 |
Added Date | Dec 26, 2016 01:12:54 |
Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:34:25 |
Christmas 2016 gift from The Carters
Disc Features
New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary featuring film scholar James Naremore, author of The Magic World of Orson Welles
New interview with actor Keith Baxter
New interview with director Orson Welles’s daughter Beatrice Welles, who appeared in the film at age nine
New interview with actor and Welles biographer Simon Callow
New interview with film historian Joseph McBride, author of What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?
Interview with Welles while at work editing the film, from a 1965 episode of The Merv Griffin Show
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by film scholar Michael Anderegg
New cover by Sterling Hundley