In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants, without any knowledge of who their father really was. But one day, they journey to Macworth Castle. There, Myles falls in love with Lady Anne Macworth, makes friends and enemies, and learns to be a knight.

1966 坎城影展二十週年紀念大獎、技術大獎/ 1966 西班牙影評人協會最佳影片

奧森威爾斯以處女作《大國民》名垂影史，但他卻說《夜半鐘聲》才是他要帶去天堂的得意之作。在此之前，他已拍過《馬克白》與《奧賽羅》等莎劇電影，在美國得不到支持，只好浪跡歐洲，即使經費短缺，還是大刀闊斧地將五齣莎劇消化再創作，瞞著出資者，實踐了他的野心。 身材劇烈發福的奧森威爾斯，親自飾演了福斯塔夫這個他最喜愛的莎劇角色，整天帶著王子吃喝玩樂、吹牛耍廢。然而當國王駕崩、王子繼位，以為能封官進爵的他，卻被棄如敝屣，落得抑鬱以終。弗斯塔夫不只是小丑或騙徒，奧森威爾斯藉由這個角色，對時代、政治、階級、情義，做了深刻的撻伐。獨到的角度、霸氣的攝影、精彩的剪輯，讓這部嘔心瀝血之作被推崇讚譽為藝術成就最高的莎劇電影。

2015 Takarazuka Revue production of "Sanctuary," a dramatization of the early days of marriage between King Henri VI of France and Margot de Valois, filmed for television.

The Graham Vicks production of FALSTAFF opened the new Covent Garden Royal Opera House, and was not to everybody's taste; the garish primary colours of the costumes. The staging is effective--the complicated counterpoint of the ensembles is reflected in unobtrusive blocking that keeps the vocal lines clear and separate, especially in the final fugue. Bryn Terfel's Falstaff is a memorable creation, self-mocking and self-aggrandising at the same time--so much so, in fact, that he almost does not need the vast prosthetic body he has to wear for the part. Desiree Rancatore is an admirably sweet-toned Nanetta; Bernadette Manca di Nissa an appropriately sardonic Mistress Quickly; Roberto Frontali as Ford, in his Act 2 scena, perfectly distils and parodies every jealousy aria ever written, including Verdi's own. Haitink's conducting is exemplary in the lyrical passages, gets almost everything out of the fast and furious comic sections.