Othello

– Having previously staged Verdi's 1887 opera Otello at the Met and La Scala, filmmaker Franco Zeffire..

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Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 58 Minutes
Release Year:
1986
Original Name:
Otello
Othello (1986) - Also known as Otello

Having previously staged Verdi's 1887 opera Otello at the Met and La Scala, filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli committed his production to film in 1986. Starring as the fatally jealous Moor of Venice is Placido Domingo, who had also headlined Zeffirelli's 1976 La Scala staging (production on the film was briefly interrupted while Domingo participated in the rescue operations following the Mexico City earthquake). While Katia Ricciarelli as Desdemona and Justino Diaz as Iago perform their own singing, Zeffirelli's Cassio--played by real-life European prince Urbano Barberini--is dubbed by Ezio de Cesare. The director made several cuts in the original libretto and score in order to accommodate the film's two-hour time limit, but these excisions are done with taste and discretion. Because of the excessive violence in the third act--two murders, a suicide, a superficial throat-slashing--Otello was released with a PG rating.

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Release Date:

12 Sep 1986

Language:

Italian

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Franco Zeffirelli

Writer:

Arrigo Boito (libretto), Franco Zeffirelli (adaptation), Masolino D'Amico (adapted for the screen by)

Main Actors:

Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Díaz, Petra Malakova

Plot:

Based on Shakespeare's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon". Believing Otello has promoted the...

Awards:

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations.

Production:

Media Home Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10