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Chimes at Midnight is a 1965 film written, directed by, and starring Orson Welles that centers on Sir John Falstaff and his fatherly relationship with Prince Hal. Prince Hal must choose between loyalty to Falstaff and his duty to his father, King Henry IV. Welles described the core of the story as "the betrayal of friendship."
Chimes at Midnight draws text from five Shakespeare plays: Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; Richard II; Henry V; and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Ralph Richardson's narration is taken from the chronicles of Raphael Holinshed.
The film was shot in Spain from September 1964 to April 1965, with a break from late December to late February when Welles ran out of money. Locations included Colmenar, Cardona, Madrid's Casa de Campo Park, Pedraza, Soria, and the Basque country.
Chimes at Midnight premiered at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival to a favorable audience reception and won the Technical Grand Prize, tied with another film. It was also screened in competition for the Palme d'Or.
Legal disputes over ownership of the film among Harry Saltzman's widow, the families of producers Emiliano Piedra and Angel Escolano, and the estate of Orson Welles made the film nearly impossible to release. For many years the only widely available copy was a region-free DVD from Brazil.
Welles told interviewer Leslie Megahey in a 1982 BBC Arena interview that it was "the least flawed" of his films and the one where he most completely achieved what he set out to do. He also considered it his most personal film, alongside The Magnificent Ambersons.