 Chimes at Midnight ( UK release : Falstaff ( Chimes at Midnight ) , Spanish release : <unk> a <unk> ) , is a 1966 English @-@ language Spanish @-@ Swiss co @-@ produced film directed by and starring Orson Welles . The film 's plot centres on William Shakespeare 's recurring character Sir John Falstaff and the father @-@ son relationship he has with Prince Hal , who must choose between loyalty to Falstaff or to his father , King Henry IV . 
