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| Directed by | Orson Welles |
| Screenplay by | Orson Welles |
| Based on | Othello by William Shakespeare |
| Produced by | Orson Welles |
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| Distributed by | Marceau Films/United Artists |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Countries | Italy Morocco[1] |
| Language | English |
| Box office | 1,047,035 admissions (France)[2] |
Othello (also known as The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice) is a 1951 tragedy directed and produced by Orson Welles, who also adapted the Shakespearean play and played the title role. Recipient of the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (precursory name for the Palme d'Or[3]) at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival, the film was distributed by United Artists when it was released in the United States in 1955. Othello was filmed on location over a three-year period in Morocco, Venice, Tuscany and Rome as well as at the Scalera Studios in Rome.
In addition to Orson Welles, the cast consisted of Micheál Mac Liammóir as Iago (one of his only starring film roles), Robert Coote as Roderigo, Suzanne Cloutier as Desdemona, Michael Laurence as Cassio, Fay Compton as Emilia and Doris Dowling as Bianca. Three different versions of the film have seen theatrical release — two supervised by Welles and a 1992 restoration supervised by his daughter Beatrice Welles.
- ^ "THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO : THE MOOR OF VENICE". Festival de Cannes.
- ^ Orson Welles box office information in France at Box Office Story
- ^ Othello description page Archived 2020-02-28 at the Wayback Machine in the Bibliothèque nationale de France website