Othello (1955 film)
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| Othello (Отелло) | |
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| Directed by | Sergei Yutkevich |
| Written by | Sergei Yutkevich |
| Based on | Othello by William Shakespeare |
| Starring | Sergei Bondarchuk Andrei Popov Irina Skobtseva Vladimir Soshalsky Yevgeny Vesnik |
| Cinematography | Yevgeniy Nikolayevich Andrikanis |
| Music by | Aram Khachaturian |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Othello (Russian: Отелло, romanized: Otello) is a 1955 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich,[1][2] based on the play Othello by William Shakespeare. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival, where Yutkevich received the Best Director Award.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Sergei Bondarchuk as Othello
- Andrei Popov as Iago
- Irina Skobtseva as Desdemona
- Vladimir Soshalsky as Cassio
- Yevgeny Vesnik as Roderigo
- Antonina Maksimova as Emilia
- Yevgeny Teterin as Brabantio
- Mikhail Troyanovsky as Duke of Venice
- Aleksei Kelberer as Montano
- Nikolai Briling as Lodovico
- Leila Ashrafova as Bianca
References
[edit]- ^ "Sergei Yutkevich's Othello Revisited: A View from the 21st Century". Research Gate. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "The Moor of Hollywood: An analysis of Oliver Parker's Othello". lbennie. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Othello". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
Further reading
[edit]- Gaydin, Boris N. (2018), "Sergei Yutkevich's Othello Revisited: A View from the 21st Century", Znanie. Ponimanie. Umenie, 15 (4): 204–216, doi:10.17805/zpu.2018.4.20, archived from the original on 30 December 2018, retrieved 22 August 2019.
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