After a military victory, the valiant Othello chooses to promote Cassio (Theodor Loos) over another of his followers, Iago (Werner Krauss). This choice has terrible consequences. True to his treacherous nature, Iago devises a plan to bring Cassio down. He convinces Othello that his wife, Desdemona (Ica von Lenkeffy), is having an affair with the promoted man. Othello is consumed by jealousy…
In Buchowetzki’s remarkable adaptation of Othello, Emil Jannings gives an outstanding performance, managing to express the inner turmoil that would later become his trademark.
actors: Emil Jannings – Othello, Werner Krauss – Iago, Ica von Lenkeffy – Desdemona, Theodor Loos – Cassio, Ferdinand von Alten – Rodrigo, Friedrich Kühne – Brabantio, Magnus Stifter – Montano, Lya de Putti – Emilia
subject: Tragedia di Shakespeare
script: Dimitri Buchowetzki, Carl Hagen
photography: Karl Hasselmann, Friedrich Paulmann
scenography: Fritz Kraenke, Karl Machus
other titles: Othello
color: Bianco & Nero
production company: Wörner-Filmgesellschaft
distribution: Universum Film as UFA
subject: Tragedia di Shakespeare
script: Dimitri Buchowetzki, Carl Hagen
photography: Karl Hasselmann, Friedrich Paulmann
scenography: Fritz Kraenke, Karl Machus
other titles: Othello
color: Bianco & Nero
production company: Wörner-Filmgesellschaft
distribution: Universum Film as UFA
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