The Legacy of Othello

06/12/2022

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0hr 53min

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Documentary

,History

,TV Movie

STORY

A fascinating exploration of the literary — The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, by English playwright William Shakespeare (1604) — and lyrical — Othello, by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (1887) — myth of Othello, the desperately tragic story of a Moorish general in the army of the Venetian Republic whose absurd jealousy poisons his love for his wife Desdemona.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Joel Schultze-Motel
  • Oliver Magda
  • Katrin Katz Köbbert
  • Jonas Kaufmann
  • Jimmy Hartwig

    Director

  • Dag Freyer

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Signed Media
  • ZDF
  • ARTE

    Production Countries

  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • German