Othello (1955 film) explained

Othello (Отелло)
Director:	Sergei Yutkevich
Based On:	Othello by William Shakespeare
Starring:	Sergei Bondarchuk Andrei Popov Irina Skobtseva Vladimir Soshalsky Yevgeny Vesnik
Music:	Aram Khachaturian
Cinematography:	Yevgeniy Nikolayevich Andrikanis
Runtime:	107 minutes
Country:	Soviet Union
Language:	Russian

Othello (Russian: Отелло|Otello) is a 1955 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich,^{[1] [2]} based on the play Othello by William Shakespeare. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival, where Yutkevich received the Best Director Award.^[3]

Cast

• Sergei Bondarchuk as Othello
• Andrei Popov as Iago
• Irina Skobtseva as Desdemona
• Vladimir Soshalsky as Cassio
• Yevgeny Vesnik as Roderigo
• Antonina Maksimova as Emilia
• Yevgeny Teterin as Brabantio
• Mikhail Troyanovsky as Duke of Venice
• Aleksei Kelberer as Montano
• Nikolai Briling as Lodovico
• Leila Ashrafova as Bianca

Further reading

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Sergei Yutkevich's Othello Revisited: A View from the 21st Century . Research Gate . 3 March 2021.
2. Web site: The Moor of Hollywood: An analysis of Oliver Parker's Othello . lbennie . 3 March 2021.
3. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Othello . 5 February 2009. festival-cannes.com.