Othello
Отелло
Release: 1955-12-02
·Runtime: 107m
·★ 4.9
Drama
Othello, a celebrated Moorish general, secretly marries Desdemona, angering her noble father and inciting the envious Iago’s hatred. Sent to Cyprus, Othello’s victories are overshadowed by Iago’s manipulations: he frames Desdemona as unfaithful with Othello’s lieutenant Cassio. Consumed by jealousy, Othello murders his wife. Discovering Iago’s treachery too late, Othello kills himself as Cyprus learns the bitter truth.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Mosfilm
Cast
Sergei Troitsky
Andrei Popov
as Iago
Mikhail Troyanovsky
as Doge of Venice
Yevgeni Teterin
as Brabantio
Boris Belyakov
Irina Skobtseva
as Desdemona
Vladimir Soshalsky
as Cassio
Yevgeni Vesnik
as Roderigo
Antonina Maksimova
as Emilia
Leila Ashrafova
Nikolai Brilling
as Lodovico
Anatoliy Zhukov
as Pisar (Uncredited)
Sergey Bondarchuk
as Othello
