''Othello'' (russian: Отелло) is a 1955 Soviet
drama film
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directed by
Sergei Yutkevich
Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich (russian: Серге́й Ио́сифович Ютке́вич, 28 December 1904 – 23 April 1985) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1962) and a Hero of ...
,
based on the play ''
Othello'' by
William Shakespeare
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. It was entered into the
1956 Cannes Film Festival, where Yutkevich received the
Best Director Award.
Cast
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Sergei Bondarchuk (in
makeup
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) as Othello
*
Andrei Popov as Iago
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Irina Skobtseva
Irina Konstantinovna Skobtseva (russian: Ирина Константиновна Скобцева; 22 August 1927 – 20 October 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actress and second wife of Sergei Bondarchuk.
Biography
Irina Konstantinovna Skobtsev ...
as Desdemona
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Vladimir Soshalsky
Vladimir Borisovich Soshalsky (russian: Владимир Борисович Сошальский; 14 June 1929 in Leningrad, USSR — 10 October 2007 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR ...
as Cassio
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Yevgeny Vesnik
Yevgeny Yakovlevich Vesnik (russian: Евге́ний Я́ковлевич Ве́сник; 15 January 1923 in Petrograd – 10 April 2009 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor. The son of Yakov Vesnik, the first director of the Kryvorizhstal p ...
as Roderigo
* Antonina Maksimova as Emilia
* Yevgeny Teterin as Brabantio
* Mikhail Troyanovsky as Duke of Venice
* Aleksei Kelberer as Montano
* Nikolai Briling as Lodovico
* Leila Ashrafova as Bianca
References
Further reading
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1955 films
1955 drama films
Soviet drama films
1950s Russian-language films
Films directed by Sergei Yutkevich
Films based on Othello
Blackface minstrel shows and films
Films scored by Aram Khachaturian
Films set in the 16th century
Films set in Venice
Films set in Cyprus
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