When a secret marriage is planned between Othello, a Moorish general, and Desdemona, the daughter of Senator Brabantio, her old suitor Roderigo takes it hard. He allies himself with Iago, who has his own grudge against Othello, and the two conspire to bring Othello down. When their first plan, to have him accused of witchcraft, fails, they plant evidence intended to make him believe Desdemona is unfaithful.
Cast
Orson Welles
Othello
Micheál Mac Liammóir
Iago
Robert Coote
Roderigo
Suzanne Cloutier
Desdemona
Hilton Edwards
Brabantio
Nicholas Bruce
Lodovico
Michael Laurence
Michael Cassio
Fay Compton
Emilia
Doris Dowling
Bianca
Joan Fontaine
Page
Joseph Cotten
Senator (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
Lodovico (voice)
Gudrun Ure
Desdemona (voice)
Crew
Orson Welles
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Jean Sacha
Writer, Additional Editing
Renzo Lucidi
Editor
Jenö Csepreghy
Editor
William Morton
Editor
G.R. Aldo
Director of Photography
George Fanto
Director of Photography
Anchise Brizzi
Director of Photography
Giorgio Papi
Producer
Julien Derode
Associate Producer
Alexandre Trauner
Production Design
Luigi Scaccianoce
Production Design
Maria De Matteis
Costume Design
Maurice Seiderman
Makeup Artist
Alberto Barberis
Original Music Composer
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Original Music Composer
Harriet Medin
Dialect Coach
Alberto Fusi
Additional Photography
Oberdan Troiani
Additional Photography
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
