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June 1955 (USA) moreTagline:
Powerful drama of uncontrolled human emotion! morePlot:
Durante il periodo delle Repubbliche Marinare, in Italia, Otello, detto "il moro di Venezia", viene... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Great film, but not "lost" moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Orson Welles | ... | Othello | |
| Micheál MacLiammóir | ... | Iago | |
| Robert Coote | ... | Roderigo | |
| Suzanne Cloutier | ... | Desdemona | |
| Hilton Edwards | ... | Brabantio | |
| Nicholas Bruce | ... | Lodovico | |
| Michael Laurence | ... | Michael Cassio | |
| Fay Compton | ... | Emilia | |
| Doris Dowling | ... | Bianca |
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I will not go into the film as many already have said how it is a great work of art despite its "troubled" filming history.
This film is now advertised and available as a "restored" dvd of a "lost" Welles film. But DO NOT be deceived. Whereas the 1998 cut of Touch of Evil was "restored" using a Welles memo as guidelines, Othello was restored by presuming many things. First, dialogue was put in sync and unintelligible diaglogue was "voiced over." And second, the original score was redone, but not exactly as the original. You could almost say a new score was used in the "restored" film. The original cut was Welles' 1952 European version which has only ever been availible as a (OOP) 1995 Criterion LaserDisc. As Welles' daughter owns the rights to Othello, that's the 1992 "restored" version which she also helped on, it is the only one currently availible for purchase in the US (as she receives no money for the 1995 CR laserdisc, she forced Criterion to stop making it.)
While many casual fans will not notice or care about the little changes, don't be deceived into thinking this is "Orson's intended version." Also DO NOT be deceived into thinking this is a lost film. It was only lost in the sense that it had no distribution until the early 90's.