Movie
Othello
Overview
The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.
Details
- Release date
- 1995-12-15
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Castle Rock Entertainment, Dakota Films
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Laurence Fishburne as Othello
- Irène Jacob as Desdemona
- Kenneth Branagh as Iago
- Nathaniel Parker as Cassio
- Michael Maloney as Roderigo
- Anna Patrick as Emilia
- Nicholas Farrell as Montano
- Indra Ové as Bianca
- Michael Sheen as Lodovico
- John Savident as 2nd Senator
- André Oumansky as Gratiano (as Andre Oumansky)
- Philip Locke as 1st Senator
Crew
- Oliver Parker - Director
- Oliver Parker - Screenplay
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