Othello / [Westchester Films, Inc. and World Entertainment, Inc. in association with Beatrice Welles Smith present] ; a Mercury production [adapted, produced and directed] by Orson Welles.

The general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with one of his officers Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter lieutenant named Iago. Gloriously cinematic despite its tiny budget, Orson Welles's adaptation...

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Uniform Title:Othello (Motion picture : 1951)
Corporate Authors: Westchester Films Inc (Presenter)
World Entertainment Corporation (Presenter)
Mercury Productions, Inc (Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Film distributor)
Kanopy (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 (Screenwriter, Film producer, Film director, Actor)
Welles-Smith, Beatrice (Presenter)
Mac Liammóir, Micheál, 1899-1978 (Actor)
Cloutier, Suzanne, 1923-2003 (Actor)
Coote, Robert, 1909-1982 (Actor)
Compton, Fay, 1894-1978 (Actor)
Edwards, Hilton, 1903-1982 (Actor)
Bruce, Nicholas, 1919- (Actor)
Laurence, Michael, 1919-1988 (Actor)
Dowling, Doris, 1921-2004 (Actor)
Brizzi, Anchise, 1887-1964 (director of photography.)
Graziati, Aldo, 1902-1953 (director of photography.)
Fanto, George, 1911-2000 (director of photography.)
Lavagnino, Francesco, 1909-1987 (composer (expression))
Barberis, Alberto, 1920-1957 (composer (expression))
Ferrero, Willy (Conductor)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Optional English captions.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, [2016]
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 90 min.) : sound, black and white.
Variant Title:
Tragedy of Othello : the Moor of Venice
Otello
Orson Welles's Othello
Format: Electronic Video

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