The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 2h 45m.
Synopsis
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
30 audience votes
Key crew
- Stuart BurgeDirector
- Richard HamptonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Frank FinlayIago
- Laurence OlivierOthello
- Maggie SmithDesdemona
- Joyce RedmanEmilia
- Derek JacobiCassio
- Robert LangRoderigo
- Anthony NichollsBrabantio
- Kenneth MacKintoshLodovico
- Edward HardwickeMontano
- Sheila ReidBianca
- Michael GambonCast
- Roy HolderClown
Stills
Themes
based on play or musicallovetragedyblackfacecyprusthe moors (people)