Filming ‘Othello’

Alternative title

Orson Welles’ Filming ‘Othello’

Synopsis

Television documentary first shown on German television. A record of the filming of Welles’ OTHELLO. The film is re-edited to make the points Welles wishes to make while discussing it. Also included is a reunion lunch party with Hilton Edwards and Michael MacLiammoir where they discuss the film and characterisations. Welles performs two key speeches from the play and the final section is from a Q&A session with film students in Boston after a screening of the film.

Language

English

Country

Germany

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1978

Availability

No archive copy or distributor found (2006)

Notes

A full transcription of FILMING OTHELLO, and an interview with cinematographer Gary Graver by Lawrence French, can be read by visiting www.wellesnet.com

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director

Orson Welles

Producer

Jurgen Hellwig; Klaus Hellwig

Cinematographer

Gary Graver

Music

Alberto Barberis; Angelo Francesco

Contributor

Doris Dowling; Fay Compton; Hilton Edwards; Michael Laurence; Micheál MacLiammóir; Nicholas Bruce; Orson Welles; Robert Coote; Suzanne Cloutier