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 ; produced by Luc Roeg and David Barron ; released by Columbia Pictures.
Laurence Fishburne, Irene Jacob, Kenneth Branagh. Standard (full screen) format on side A, widescreen format on side B. Based on the play by William Shakespeare. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995. Special features: Interactive menus, theatrical trailer, scene access.
Summary:
In this dramatization of William Shakespeare's tragedy a great man's vanity is manipulated by a jealous aide to bring about his downfall. Betrayal, deception and murder end the friendship between Othello and Iago and culminate in the tragic death of Desdemona.
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