Othello
1995 · Movie · 125 min. · United States
Based on classic Shakepeare play. Othello, a Moor who has just eloped with the white Desdemona when the play opens, leaves Venice to command the Venetian armies in Cyprus, accompanied by his new wife and lieutenant Cassio. The treacherous standard-bearer, Iago, plants Desdemona's handkerchief on Cassio, managing to convince Othello that his wife has been unfaithful with the lieutenant. Othello kills Desdemona out of jealousy, before Iago's wife eventually reveals that Desdemona's affair was but an invention of Iago's. Iago immediately kills his wife also, and Othello then commits suicide in grief.
Direction Oliver Parker
Cast Laurence Fishburne · Irène Jacob · Kenneth Branagh · Anna Patrick · Philip Locke · Nathaniel Parker · Michael Maloney · Indra Ove · Michael Sheen · Nicholas Farrell · André Oumansky · Gabriele Ferzetti · John Savident · Pierre Vaneck
Soundtrack Charlie Mole
Screenplay Oliver Parker · William Shakespeare
Cinematography David Johnson
Original title Othello
6.4
2K votes (FilmAffinity)
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