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Othello
(1952)
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| Orson Welles | ... | ||
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Micheál MacLiammóir | ... | |
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Robert Coote | ... | |
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Suzanne Cloutier | ... | |
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Hilton Edwards | ... | |
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Nicholas Bruce | ... | |
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Michael Laurence | ... | |
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Fay Compton | ... | |
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Doris Dowling | ... | |
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Desdemona, daughter of a Venetian aristocrat, elopes with Moorish military hero Othello, to the great resentment of Othello's envious underling Iago. Alas, Iago knows Othello's weakness, and with chilling malice works on him with but too good effect... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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| USA: (TCM print)Color:
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Narrator: There was once in Venice a moor, Othello, who for his merits is the affairs of war was held in great esteem. It happened that he fell in love with a young and noble lady called Desdemona, who drawn by his virtue became equally enamoured of Othello...
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Welles had another actress, Gudrun Ure, dub all dialogue of Suzanne Cloutier. Ure had previously played the part of Desdemona opposite Orson Welles' Othelo on stage. See more »Goofs
Continuity: Throughout the film Iago's mustache changes position or even disappears. One shot he has it, then seconds later in the next its position has changed or may be gone entirely only to be back in the next shot. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: There was once in Venice a moor, Othello, who for his merits is the affairs of war was held in great esteem. It happened that he fell in love with a young and noble lady called Desdemona, who drawn by his virtue became equally enamoured of Othello...
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