Othello
Orson Welles' magnificent screening of Shakespeare's immortal tragedy
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- Drama
- Romance
Overview
Manipulated by his jealous ensign Iago, the Moorish general Othello is driven to believe that his new wife Desdemona is unfaithful, setting in motion a chain of deception, jealousy, and violence that leads to tragedy.
Keywords
- love
- tragic love
- murder
- husband wife relationship
- victim
- based on play or musical
- handkerchief
- father daughter conflict
- resentment
- interracial marriage
- jealous husband
- mistrust of wife
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 28, 1951
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- France, Italy, Morocco, United States of America
- Production
- Mercury Productions,Les Films Marceau,Scalera Film
- Cast
- Orson Welles,Micheál Mac Liammóir,Robert Coote,Suzanne Cloutier,Hilton Edwards,Nicholas Bruce,Michael Laurence,Fay Compton,Doris Dowling,Joan Fontaineand 3 more
- Director
- Orson Welles
- Producer
- Orson Welles,Giorgio Papi
- Cinematography
- G.R. Aldo,Anchise Brizzi,George Fanto
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0045251