Orson Welles turns his eye to Shakespeare’s robustly funny and ultimately tragic antihero in this masterful adaptation, incorporating both Henry IV plays as well as Richard II, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
In a permanent drunken stupor, Sir John Falstaff jumps from one misadventure to another while keeping young Prince Hal company.
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