Othello (1955 film)

Othello (Отелло)
Directed by	Sergei Yutkevich
Written by	William Shakespeare Sergei Yutkevich
Starring	Sergei Bondarchuk
Music by	Aram Khachaturian
Cinematography	Yevgeni Andrikanis
Edited by	Klavdiya Aleyeva G. Mariamov
Release dates	1955 (1955)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

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

Cast

Sergei Bondarchuk (in blackface) as Othello
Irina Skobtseva as Desdemona
Andrei Popov as Iago
Vladimir Soshalsky as Cassio
Yevgeni Vesnik as Roderigo
Antonina Maksimova as Emilia
Mikhail Troyanovsky as Doge of Venice
Yevgeni Teterin as Brabantio (as Ye. Teterin)

References

↑ "Festival de Cannes: Othello". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 5 February 2009.

External links

Othello at the Internet Movie Database

William Shakespeare's Othello

Characters	Othello Desdemona Iago Cassio Emilia Bianca Roderigo Brabantio Other characters

Source	"Un Capitano Moro" from Gli Hecatommithi (1565) by Giovanni Battista Giraldi Description of Africa Sampiero Corso

Opera and ballet adaptations	Otello (1816; opera) Otello (1887; opera) Othello (1892; overture) The Moor's Pavane (1949; ballet) Othello (1998; ballet score) Bandanna (1999; opera)

Films	1922 1952 1955 1965 1995

TV	1981 1990 1994 2001

Stage adaptations	Masquerade (1835) Othello (1951) Catch My Soul (US; 1969) Catch My Soul (UK; 1970)

Film adaptations	Jubal (1956) All Night Long (1962) Catch My Soul (1974) Kaliyattam (1997) O (2001) Eloise (2002) Souli (2004) Omkara (2006) Jarum Halus (2008)

From Verdi	Otello (1906; film) Othello Ballet Suite/Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1 (1967; ballet suite) Otello (1986; film) The Othello Syndrome (2008; album)

Art	Othello

Phrases	"Beast with two backs"

Related	Othello error Filming Othello Red Velvet The Duke of Milan Love's Sacrifice Desdemona Goodnight Desdemona

Story within a story	Carnival (1921 film) Carnival (1931 film) The Deceiver (1931) Men Are Not Gods (1936) A Double Life (1947) Saptapadi (1961) So Fine (1981) An Imaginary Tale (1990)

Aram Khachaturian

Ballets	Gayane (1939–41) "Sabre Dance" Spartacus (1950–54)

Orchestral	Symphony No. 2 The Bell Symphony (1944) Symphony No. 3 Symphony-Poem (1947) State Anthem of the Armenian SSR (1944) Suite from Masquerade (1944)

Concerti	Piano Concerto in D-flat major (1936) Violin Concerto in D minor (1940) Cello Concerto in E minor (1946)

Piano	Toccata (1932)

Incidental music	Masquerade (1941)

Film scores	Pepo (1934–35) Zangezur (1937–38) Salavat Yulayev (1939) Girl No. 217 (1945) The Battle of Stalingrad (1949) Othello (1955)

Related articles	List of compositions by Aram Khachaturian House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian Music of Armenia

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