Othello (1965 film)
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Othello (1965 film) is a British cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, renowned for Laurence Olivier’s controversial blackface portrayal of the Moorish general.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Othello (1965 film) canonical | 4 |
| Othello | 1 |
| Royal National Theatre production of Othello | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T278824 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Othello (1965 film) Context triple: [Laurence Olivier, notableWork, Othello (1965 film)]
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A.
Brida
Brida is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that follows a young Irish woman’s spiritual journey as she explores witchcraft, love, and self-discovery.
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B.
Cleopatra (1934 film)
Cleopatra (1934 film) is a lavish 1930s historical epic directed by Cecil B. DeMille that dramatizes the life and romances of the famed Egyptian queen.
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C.
A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge is a tragic play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of immigration, family loyalty, and forbidden desire in an Italian-American community in 1950s Brooklyn.
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D.
All About Eve
All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film about ambition and betrayal in the New York theater world, renowned for its sharp screenplay and performances by Bette Davis and Anne Baxter.
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E.
Voodoo Macbeth
Voodoo Macbeth is a groundbreaking 1936 all-Black adaptation of Shakespeare’s "Macbeth," directed by Orson Welles and set in a Caribbean voodoo context, produced under the U.S. Federal Theatre Project.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Othello (1965 film) Target entity description: Othello (1965 film) is a British cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, renowned for Laurence Olivier’s controversial blackface portrayal of the Moorish general.
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A.
Brida
Brida is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that follows a young Irish woman’s spiritual journey as she explores witchcraft, love, and self-discovery.
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B.
Cleopatra (1934 film)
Cleopatra (1934 film) is a lavish 1930s historical epic directed by Cecil B. DeMille that dramatizes the life and romances of the famed Egyptian queen.
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C.
A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge is a tragic play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of immigration, family loyalty, and forbidden desire in an Italian-American community in 1950s Brooklyn.
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D.
All About Eve
All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film about ambition and betrayal in the New York theater world, renowned for its sharp screenplay and performances by Bette Davis and Anne Baxter.
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E.
Voodoo Macbeth
Voodoo Macbeth is a groundbreaking 1936 all-Black adaptation of Shakespeare’s "Macbeth," directed by Orson Welles and set in a Caribbean voodoo context, produced under the U.S. Federal Theatre Project.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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Shakespeare film adaptation ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | National Theatre stage production of Othello ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Othello (character)
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surface form:
Othello
|
| basedOnWorkBy | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Desdemona (character)
ⓘ
surface form:
Desdemona
Emilia (Othello character) ⓘ
surface form:
Emilia
Iago ⓘ Othello (character) ⓘ
surface form:
Othello
|
| cinematographyBy | Geoffrey Unsworth ⓘ |
| controversy | use of blackface makeup for the title role ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Stuart Burge ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | British Lion Films ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard Marden ⓘ |
| featuresPerformanceBy |
Derek Jacobi
ⓘ
surface form:
Derek Jacobi as Cassio
Iago ⓘ
surface form:
Frank Finlay as Iago
Joyce Redman as Emilia ⓘ Laurence Olivier as Othello ⓘ Maggie Smith ⓘ
surface form:
Maggie Smith as Desdemona
|
| format | color film ⓘ |
| genre |
historical drama
ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Laurence Olivier ⓘ |
| leadActress | Maggie Smith ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Georg Solti
ⓘ
London Philharmonic Orchestra ⓘ
surface form:
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
|
| narrativeFocus | jealousy and manipulation leading to tragedy ⓘ |
| notableFor | Laurence Olivier’s blackface performance as Othello ⓘ |
| portrayalStyle | stage-derived performance style ⓘ |
| portrays |
Othello (character)
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surface form:
Moorish general Othello
|
| producer | John Brabourne ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 165 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
John Dexter
ⓘ
Stuart Burge ⓘ |
| setting |
Cyprus
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Venice ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialGenre | Elizabethan tragedy ⓘ |
| starring |
Derek Jacobi
ⓘ
Frank Finlay ⓘ Joyce Redman ⓘ Laurence Olivier ⓘ Maggie Smith ⓘ |
| theatricalOrigin |
Othello (1965 film)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Royal National Theatre production of Othello
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Subject: Othello (1965 film) Description of subject: Othello (1965 film) is a British cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, renowned for Laurence Olivier’s controversial blackface portrayal of the Moorish general.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Iago (Shakespeare character)
this entity surface form:
Othello
this entity surface form:
Royal National Theatre production of Othello
subject surface form:
Laurence Olivier