Othello [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; Castle Rock Entertainment presents ; a Dakota Films/Imminent Films production ; directed by Oliver Parker ; adapted for the screen by Oliver Parker, from the play by William Shakespeare ; produced by Luc Roeg and David Barron ; released by Columbia Pictures.
DVD made on demand by Warnerarchive.com. Laurence Fishburne (Othello), Irene Jacob (Desdemona), Kenneth Branagh (Iago), Nathaniel Parker (Cassio), Michael Maloney (Roderigo), Anna Patrick (Emilia), Nicholas Farrell (Montano), Indra Ove (Bianca), Michael Sheen (Lodovico), Andre Oumansky (Gratiano), Philip Locke (1st senator), John Savident (2nd senator), Gabriele Ferzetti (Duke of Venice), Pierre Vaneck (Brabantio) Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995.
Summary:
In Venice during 1570, the daughter of a powerful nobleman elopes with a proud Moor celebrated as the city's greatest general. A warrior is angered when the general chooses another as his second in command. so he sabotages the promotion and convinces the general that the other officer is cuckolding him. The general writhes under the tortures created and allows his jealousy to lead to a tragic end.
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