Othello

USA 1952

Genre: Drama

Directed by: Orson Welles

Producer: Orson Welles

Writters: Orson Welles (screenplay), W. Shakespeare (play)

Awards: Cannes Film Festival 1952

Cast: Orson Welles, Michèal MacLiammóir, Robert Coote, Suzanne Cloutier

Plot Sumary:

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...