Otello(Movie, 1986)

Name: Otello
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1986
Duration: T01:58:00
Rating: 3.2

1h 58min | Genres: Drama, Music

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 4 votes)

Otello is a 1986 film based on the Giuseppe Verdi opera of the same name, which was itself based on the Shakespearean play Othello. The film was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starred Plácido Domingo in the title role, Katia Ricciarelli as Desdemona and Justino Díaz as Iago. For the film's soundtrack, Lorin Maazel conducted the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala. The film premiered in West Germany on 28 August 1986 and received a U.S. theatrical release on 12 September 1986. It was nominated for a Bafta Award and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Otello

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design

About Otello

Based on Shakespeare's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon". Believing Otello has promoted the fast-rising Cassio over himself, Iago plots to destroy both Cassio and Otello. Iago convinces the jealous Otello that his beautiful wife Desdemona is unfaithful, and that Cassio is her lover. Jealousy is followed by tragedy, then retribution, "Has Heaven no more thunderbolts?".

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Additional Information

Production countries: Italy, Netherlands, United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Venice

Based on: "Othello" (find it on Amazon), "Otello" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Italian International Film, Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: Italian (IT)

Translated into 8 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Korean (KO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/17/1986 (World premiere: 09/04/1986)

Appearing Characters: Othello, Desdemona, Iago, Emilia, Michael Cassio, Lodovico, Montano, Roderigo, Brabantio, Doge of Venice

Cast: Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Urbano Barberini, Antonio Pierfederici, Remo Remotti, Massimo Foschi, Justino Díaz, Petra Malakova, Edwin Francis, Sergio Nicolai

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Producer: Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan

Screenwriter: Franco Zeffirelli

Film Editor: Peter Taylor

Director of Photography: Ennio Guarnieri

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Costume designer: Maurizio Millenotti

Production Designer: Franco Zeffirelli

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Othello"

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