Othello (1955)

Alternative title
Otello
Synopsis
Feature film. Adaptation by Boris Pasternak. Sometimes imaginative, sometimes stolid, the production takes every opportunity to get out of the studio. Sergei Bondarchuk is Othello.
Language
English
Country
Former USSR
Medium
Film; Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 108 min.
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
1955
Year of production
1955
Documentation
See Yutkevich: ‘Shekspiri i Kino’ ('Shakespeare and Film’) (Moscow, 1973)
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Related items
Othello Premiere
Week in Film No. 34/1955

Credits

Director
Sergei Yutkevich
Cinematographer
Evgeny Andrikanis
Writer
Boris Pasternak; William Shakespeare
Screenplay
Sergei Yutkevich
Music
Aram Khachaturian
Production Design
A. Vaisfeld; M. Kariakan; O. Krochinina; V. Dorrer
Cast
A Kelberer 
Andrei Popov 
Antonina Maximova 
Irina Skobtseva 
P. Brilling 
Sergei Bondarchuk 
Vladimir Soshalsky 
Yevgeni Vesnik 

Production Company

Name

Mosfilm

Name

Universal International

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

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Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7436 0165
Address
21 Stephen Street
London
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Distributor

Name

Castle Home Video

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020 8974 1021
Fax
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