Othello

Synopsis

Fiction film. A comic version of the play with Carl Alstrup as Othello. Bioscope, commenting on the film on its re-release in 1911, writes that Alstrup ‘becomes so imbued with his part that he deals violently with any caller, and in the end is subjected to rough treatment’.

Country

Denmark

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Silent

Year of release

1908

Availability

No archive copy found (5/2009).

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William

Credits

Director

Viggo Larsen

Cinematographer

Axel Sørensen

Cast

Carl Alstrup
Jørgen Lund
Poul Gregaard

Production Company

Name

Nordisk