Othello (1965 film)

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British film Shakespeare film adaptation drama film film

Othello (1965 film) is a British cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, renowned for Laurence Olivier’s controversial blackface portrayal of the Moorish general.

Aliases (2)

Othello ×1
Royal National Theatre production of Othello ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British film → Shakespeare film adaptation → drama film → film →
adaptationOf	National Theatre stage production of Othello →
basedOn	Othello →
basedOnWorkBy	William Shakespeare →
characterPortrayed	Desdemona → Emilia → Iago → 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 as Cassio → Frank Finlay as Iago → Joyce Redman as Emilia → Laurence Olivier as Othello → Maggie Smith as Desdemona →
format	color film →
genre	historical drama → tragedy →
language	English →
leadActor	Laurence Olivier →
leadActress	Maggie Smith →
musicBy	Georg Solti → 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	Moorish general Othello →
producer	John Brabourne →
releaseYear	1965 →
runtime	approximately 165 minutes →
screenwriter	John Dexter → Stuart Burge →
setting	Cyprus → Venice →
sourceMaterialGenre	Elizabethan tragedy →
starring	Derek Jacobi → Frank Finlay → Joyce Redman → Laurence Olivier → Maggie Smith →
theatricalOrigin	Royal National Theatre production of Othello →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Iago (Shakespeare character) ("Othello") →	appearsInWork
Laurence Olivier →	notableWork
Othello (1965 film) ("Royal National Theatre production of Othello") →	theatricalOrigin