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Writers:
Dimitri Buchowetzki (writer)
Carl Hagen (writer)
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Release Date:
17 September 1922 (Finland) more
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Plot:
Based on Shakespeare's play: The treacherous Iago plans to ruin the life of Othello by provoking him to jealousy. full summary | add synopsis
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Ewan McGregor's Stage Fears
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Superb example of "big" acting filled to the max! more (8 total)

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Runtime:
79 min (2001 alternate version)
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USA:TV-PG (TV rating)

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Superb example of "big" acting filled to the max!, 16 January 2002
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Author: David Atfield (bits@alphalink.com.au) from Canberra, Australia

My acting teacher, the late great Hayes Gordon, used to say that no acting was too big, as long as it was filled. In other words, if the emotion was real, an actor could chew the scenery and still create empathy from the audience. I have never seen a better example of this than in this superb silent adaptation of Shakespeare's classic.

Emil Jannings and Werner Krauss, probably the two best German actors of their generation, give HUGE performances as Othello and Iago - but both are completely believable, and utterly compelling, because every emotion is felt, not indicated. As a result, this could be the best of all the film "Othellos".

Strikingly shot, on brilliantly realised sets, the director also makes sure that nothing distracts from the magnificent performances of the actors. Every performance in this film is brilliant - but Jannings and Krauss climb to the pinacle of silent film acting.

See this film, and see two of the greatest actors of all time convey the essence of Shakespeare without uttering a single word!

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