Directed by:
Orson WellesCinematography:
Edmond RichardCast:
Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, John Gielgud, Marina Vlady, Walter Chiari, Tony Beckley, Fernando Rey, Keith Baxter, Ralph Richardson (more)Plots(1)
On the brink of Civil War, King Henry IV (John Gielgud) attempts to consolidate his reign while fretting with unease over his sons seeming neglect of his royal duties. Hal (Keith Baxter), the young Prince, openly consorts with Sir John Falstaff (Orson Welles) and his company of “Diana’s foresters, Gentlemen of the shade, Minions of the moon”. Hal’s friendship with the fat knight substitutes for his estrangement from his father. Both Falstaff and the King are old and tired; both rely on Hal for comfort in their final years, while the young Prince, the future Henry V, nurtures his own ambitions. (Mr. Bongo Films)
(more)Cast
Orson Welles
USA
Best movies:
Shogun (1980) (series) - narrator
Waterloo (1970)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Jeanne Moreau
France
Best movies:
The Carmelites (1960)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Evidence in Concrete (1958)
Margaret Rutherford
UK
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
John Gielgud
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Gandhi (1982)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
Marina Vlady
France
Best movies:
Il malato immaginario (1979)
Crime and Punishment (1956)
Falstaff (1965)
Walter Chiari
Italy
Best movies:
Beautiful (1951)
The Sucker (1965)
The Moment of Truth (1952)
Tony Beckley
UK
Best movies:
The Long Day's Dying (1968)
Falstaff (1965)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
Fernando Rey
Spain
Best movies:
The French Connection (1971)
Viridiana (1961)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Keith Baxter
UK
Best movies:
Falstaff (1965)
Merlin (1998) (TV movie)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Ralph Richardson
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Heiress (1949)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Ingrid Pitt
Poland
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Falstaff (1965)
Juan Estelrich
Spain
Best movies:
Falstaff (1965)
Alan Webb
UK
Best movies:
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
King Rat (1965)
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
Keith Pyott
UK
Best movies:
Falstaff (1965)
The Colditz Story (1955)
Village of the Damned (1960)
Andrew Faulds
Tanzania
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
The One That Got Away (1957)
Falstaff (1965)
Michael Aldridge
UK
Best movies:
Falstaff (1965)
Follow Me! (1972)
Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985) (series)
Fernando Hilbeck
Spain
Best movies:
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Falstaff (1965)
The Green Wall (1970)
Goyo Lebrero
Spain
Best movies:
The Executioner (1963)
Life Size (1974)
Falstaff (1965)
Luis Ciges
Spain
Best movies:
La colmena (1982)
Life Size (1974)
The Heifer (1985)
Andrés Mejuto
Spain
Best movies:
Falstaff (1965)
The Adventures of Scaramouche (1963)
The National Shotgun (1978)