# Chimes at Midnight (1965)

> Orson Welles turns Shakespeare’s unruly Falstaff into the tragicomic heart of a stark medieval chronicle of friendship, war, and royal succession.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/817

## Facts

- Runtime: 115 min
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, History, War
- Director: Orson Welles
- Cast: Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, Marina Vlady, Walter Chiari, Michael Aldridge
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059012/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: witty, melancholic, boisterous, classic cinema night, shakespeare study

## Synopsis

A knight's life of revelry and disappointment unfolds in a tale of friendship and folly.

## Movies like Chimes at Midnight

- [A Man for All Seasons (1966)](https://ember.film/movie/719)
- [F for Fake (1973)](https://ember.film/movie/27922)
- [Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)](https://ember.film/movie/13458)
- [The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/5166)
- [All Is True (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/389777)
- [Becket (1964)](https://ember.film/movie/9205)
- [The Taming of the Shrew (1967)](https://ember.film/movie/15153)
- [Hamlet (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/5367)
- [Henry V (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/5768)
- [Richard III (1955)](https://ember.film/movie/28179)

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