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

Duration

3 mins; 277 feet

Availability

No archive copy found (5/2009).

Credits

Director

Viggo Larsen

Cinematographer

Axel Sørensen

Cast

Carl Alstrup	Othello
Jørgen Lund
Poul Gregaard

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Othello

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William

Notes

Reviews

Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p. 98, 327).

Bioscope (May 25 1911).

Production Company

Name

Nordisk