Othello the Tragedy of the Moor (2008)

Actors: William Shakespeare (writer), Carlo Rota (actor), Carlo Rota (producer), Matthew Hannam (editor), Debra Hanson (costume designer), John Gilbert (actor), Richard Rotter (miscellaneous crew), Lisa Ghione (miscellaneous crew), Emma Campbell (actress), Matthew Edison (writer), Ryan Hollyman (actor), Christine Horne (actress), Adam Rodness (miscellaneous crew), Adam Rodness (actor), Graham Abbey (actor),

Plot: Shakespeare's Othello has been uniquely shaped and adapted into a two-hour presentation for television. Focussing on the characters of Othello, Desdemona, Cassio and the villainous Iago, the adaptation presents viewers with a heightened experience of the epic story of love, betrayal, racism and ultimately, revenge. The cast has also recorded a radio drama version of the piece for CBC airwaves.

Keywords: based-on-play, betrayal, having-sex-with-skirt-hiked-up, husband-wife-relationship, jealousy, love, racism, shakespeare's-othello, tragedy
Genres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: An epic story of love, betrayal, racism and ultimately, revenge.

Othello: A South African Tale (2005)

Actors: William Shakespeare (writer), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (actor), Vernon Dobtcheff (actor), Sello Maake (actor), Eubulus Timothy (writer), Eubulus Timothy (director), Candice Hillebrand (actress), Jacintha Timothy (producer), Gregory Carew (actor), Diana Hayden (actress), Christa Lategan (editor), Laurence Chetty (composer),

Genres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: Shakespeare's story of love and jealousy

Othello (1989)

Actors: William Shakespeare (writer), Janet Suzman (director), John Kani (actor), Adrian Galley (actor), Martin Le Maitre (actor), Frantz Dobrowsky (actor), David Pupkewitz (producer), Peter Krummeck (actor), John Whiteley (actor), Neil McCarthy (actor), Terence Reis (actor), Joanna Weinberg (actress), John Oakley-Smith (composer), Revel Fox (editor), Saul Bamberger (actor),

Genres: Drama, Romance,

Othello (1981)

Actors: Anthony Hopkins (actor), Penelope Wilton (actress), Jonathan Miller (producer), William Shakespeare (writer), Jonathan Miller (director), Bob Hoskins (actor), Rosemary Leach (actress), Arabella Weir (actress), John Wilders (miscellaneous crew), Joseph O'Conor (actor), David Snodin (miscellaneous crew), Howard Goorney (actor), Geoffrey Chater (actor), Tony Steedman (actor), Alexander Davion (actor),

Plot: Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello. Iago confides to his friend -- who had hoped to marry Desdemona -- that he serves Othello to further his own ends. Venice needs Othello to protect its commercial interests in Cyprus where the Turkish fleet is headed. Desdemona insists on going to Cyprus, too. In Cyprus, Iago plots to convince Othello that Desdemona has betrayed him with Cassio. A lot more than political ambition seems to be motivating Iago.

Keywords: based-on-play, betrayal, character-name-in-title, husband-wife-relationship, interracial-marriage, interracial-romance, jealous-rage, jealousy, love, mistrust-of-wife
Genres: Drama, Romance,

Filming 'Othello' (1978)

Actors: Robert Coote (actor), Orson Welles (actor), Orson Welles (actor), Orson Welles (writer), Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (composer), Orson Welles (director), Hilton Edwards (actor), Klaus Hellwig (producer), Micheál MacLiammóir (actor), Bhob Stewart (actor), Suzanne Cloutier (actress), Alberto Barberis (composer), Juergen Hellwig (producer),

Plot: "Il vero cineasta è colui che sa dominare le catastrofi !". Partendo da questa affermazione, Orson Welles spiega le ragioni, i tempi ed i modi della realizzazione di uno dei suoi capolavori, l'OTHELLO, appunto. Ora parlando con due degli interpreti, ora spiegando l'importanza del montaggio cinematografico ad un gruppo di studenti di Boston, ora parlando da solo davanti ad una moviola. Più che un semplice documentario (prodotto dalla televisione tedesca), è un film sul mettere a nudo il proprio "mestiere di regista" da parte dell'inventore del cinema moderno.

Keywords: acting, based-on-play, director, filmmaking, interview, reference-to-laurence-olivier, reference-to-picasso, reference-to-shakespeare's-othello, reference-to-william-shakespeare, tragedy
Genres: Documentary,

Othello (1969)

Actors: Chris Lomme (actress), Ugo Prinsen (actor), Jan Reussens (actor), Senne Rouffaer (actor), Bert Struys (actor), Janine Bischops (actress), William Shakespeare (writer), Ugo Prinsen (actor), Alex Cassiers (actor), Walter Moeremans (actor), Herman Bruggen (actor), Vera Veroft (actress), Maurits Balfoort (director), Rik Andries (actor), Leo Haelterman (actor),

Genres: Drama, Romance,

Othello (1968)

Actors: Hans Epskamp (actor), Ernst Fritz Fürbringer (actor), Alexander Hegarth (actor), Heidelinde Weis (actress), William Shakespeare (writer), Franz Peter Wirth (writer), Eugen Thomass (composer), Franz Peter Wirth (director), Friedrich Joloff (actor), Wolfgang Reichmann (actor), Karl Michael Vogler (actor), Fritz Wepper (actor), Kurt Horwitz (actor), Karin Eickelbaum (actress), Stefan Wigger (actor),

Genres: Drama, Romance,

Otelo (1960)

Actors: William Shakespeare (writer), Vakhtang Chabukiani (actor), Vakhtang Chabukiani (director), Aleqsi Machavariani (composer), Vakhtang Chabukiani (writer), Zura Kikaleishvili (actor), V. Chichinadze (producer), V. Ivashkin (miscellaneous crew), V. Ivashkin (actor), B. Monavardiazashvili (actor), Vera Tsignadze (actress), I. Gelovani (writer), M. Romanova (editor), M. Dudko (actor), A. Tsereteli (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Drama, Musical, Romance,

The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952)

Actors: Harriet Medin (miscellaneous crew), William Shakespeare (writer), Joseph Cotten (actor), Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (composer), Orson Welles (director), Renzo Lucidi (editor), Maria De Matteis (costume designer), Orson Welles (actor), Orson Welles (writer), Fay Compton (actress), Robert Coote (actor), Joan Fontaine (actress), Orson Welles (producer), Jean Sacha (editor), Jean Sacha (writer),

Plot: Desdemona, daughter of a Venetian aristocrat, elopes with Moorish military hero Othello, to the great resentment of Othello's envious underling Iago. Alas, Iago knows Othello's weakness, and with chilling malice works on him with but too good effect...

Keywords: based-on-play, betrayal, character-name-in-title, deception, directed-by-star, extramarital-affair, husband-wife-relationship, imagery, innocence, interracial-marriage
Genres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: Powerful drama of uncontrolled human emotion! Orson Welles' magnificent screening of Shakespeare's immortal tragedy

Quotes:

Iago: Oh beware, my lord, of jealousy. It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.

[first lines]::Narrator: There was once in Venice a moor, Othello, who for his merits is the affairs of war was held in great esteem. It happened that he fell in love with a young and noble lady called Desdemona, who drawn by his virtue became equally enamoured of Othello...

[last lines]::Othello: When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak of one who loved not wisely but too well, of one not easily jealous but, being wrought, perplexed in the extreme; of one whose hand, like the base Indian's, threw a pearl away richer than all his tribe. Set you down this.

Othello (1922)

Actors: William Shakespeare (writer), Werner Krauss (actor), Friedrich Kühne (actor), Theodor Loos (actor), Ludwig Rex (actor), Magnus Stifter (actor), Ferdinand von Alten (actor), Emil Jannings (actor), Dimitri Buchowetzki (director), Dimitri Buchowetzki (writer), Lya De Putti (actress), Ica von Lenkeffy (actress), Jon Mirsalis (composer), Carl Hagen (writer), Ben Blumenthal (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Based on Shakespeare's play: As Venice welcomes their victorious general, Othello the Moor, back to the city, some of them are waiting for Othello to choose his new lieutenant, while others are busy courting the popular Desdemona, the daughter of a Senator. Othello chooses the loyal Cassio as his lieutenant, arousing bitter jealousy in Iago, another soldier, who vows to scheme against his general. That same night, Othello elopes with Desdemona. Othello is soon sent to Cyprus to repel a Turkish invasion, and he arranges for Iago and his wife to bring Desdemona with them to Cyprus. When Iago's wife learns of a treasured handkerchief that Othello gave to Desdemona, this provides Iago with an idea that he hopes will destroy Othello by provoking him to jealousy.

Keywords: based-on-play, betrayal, character-name-in-title, cyprus, deceit, expressionism, general, handkerchief, husband-wife-relationship, interracial-marriage
Genres: Drama, Romance,