Otello

Otello

118 mins | Drama, Music | Sept. 4, 1986

Based on Shakespeare's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon". Believing Otello has promoted the fast-rising Cassio over himself, Iago plots to destroy both Cassio and Otello. Iago convinces the jealous Otello that his beautiful wife Desdemona is unfaithful, and that Cassio is her lover. Jealousy is followed by tragedy, then retribution, "Has Heaven no more thunderbolts?"

Otello

118 mins | Drama, Music | Sept. 4, 1986

Otello
Based on Shakespeare's play, Verdi's opera depicts the devastating effects of jealousy, "...the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds upon". Believing Otello has promoted the fast-rising Cassio over himself, Iago plots to destroy both Cassio and Otello. Iago convinces the jealous Otello that his beautiful wife Desdemona is unfaithful, and that Cassio is her lover. Jealousy is followed by tragedy, then retribution, "Has Heaven no more thunderbolts?"
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Italian International Film, Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
Original title Otello
Directors Franco Zeffirelli
Writers Masolino D'Amico, Arrigo Boito, Franco Zeffirelli, William Shakespeare

Cast

Plácido Domingo

as Otello

Katia Ricciarelli

as Desdemona

Justino Díaz

as Iago

Petra Malakova

as Emilia

Urbano Barberini

as Cassio

Massimo Foschi

as Lodovico

Sergio Nicolai

as Roderigo

Remo Remotti

as Brabantio