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| Directed by | Dimitri Buchowetzki |
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| Based on | Othello by William Shakespeare |
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Production company | Wörner-Filmgesellschaft |
| Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | Weimar Republic |
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Othello is a 1922 German silent historical romantic drama film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, and starring Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss and Ica von Lenkeffy. It was based on William Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, the first of six major film adaptations of the work.[1] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Karl Machus.
- ^ Hadfield p. 1