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Nov 3, 2023 · Othello by William Shakespeare is a tragic play of jealousy and deceit set in Venice. The villainous Iago plans and executes his elaborate revenge on Othello. Othello is a respected Moorish ...
Jul 8, 2014 · Writer/Director Oliver Parker (An Ideal Husband) adapts Shakespeare's towering tragedy of passion and jealousy with shattering performances by Kenneth Branag...
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This low-budget, heavily edited version of the play stars Orson Welles as Othello and took four years to complete while Welles raised the funds. Despite the barebones production, critics now praise it for its brevity and cinematic sophistication. Othello (1965) Director: Stuart Burge. Notable cast: Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith.
Othello’s ensign (a job also known as an ancient or standard-bearer), and the villain of the play. Iago is twenty-eight years old. While his ostensible reason for desiring Othello’s demise is that he has been passed over for promotion to lieutenant, Iago’s motivations are never very clearly expressed and seem to originate in an obsessive ...
Once there, Othello's lieutenant, Iago (Kenneth Branagh), who believes Othello has wronged him, conceives a plan to get revenge by convincing the new husband that his wife is unfaithful. Drama 1995 2 hr 4 min. 68%. R. Starring Laurence Fishburne, Irène Jacob, Kenneth Branagh. Director Oliver Parker.
Apr 10, 1992 · Orson Welles' "Othello" is one of his least-seen films, but it inspired one of the best-known anecdotes about the master's impoverished work conditions. The movie was shot in bits and pieces between 1948 and 1951, with the actors sometimes languishing on location while Welles flew off to raise more money. Improvisation concealed a multitude of shortcomings. On the day when Welles was prepared ...
Othello is the story of a noble military general who has enjoyed many successes on the battlefield, but because of mistakes of judgment and his outsider status in his society, sabotages his most intimate relationship and himself. The play begins on the grand scale of a military romance unfolding on the Mediterranean Sea.
