The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Classification | Allowed from age 11 |
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| Swedish release | 1995-08-18 |
Cast
Titles
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Crew
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Cast
| Orson Welles | Othello | ||
| Micheál MacLiammóir | Jago, fänrik | ||
| Suzanne Cloutier | Desdemona | ||
| Robert Coote | Roderigo | ||
| Michael Laurence | Michael Cassio, florentinare | ||
| Hilton Edwards | Brabantio | ||
| Fay Compton | Emilia | ||
| Nicholas Bruce | Lodovico | ||
| Doris Dowling | Bianca | ||
| - | Ej krediterade: | ||
| Joseph Cotten | senator | ||
| Joan Fontaine | page | ||
| Jean Davis | Montano | ||
| Abdullah Ben Mohamet | page | ||
| Alan Webb | Mister Shallow | ||
| Orson Welles | berättare |
Companies
| Production Company | Mercury Productions Inc. | ||
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| Scalera Film SpA | |||
| Les Films Marceau SA | |||
| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | Triangelfilm AB | 1995 | |
| Kulturföreningen Kedjan | 1995 | ||
| Distributor in Sweden (Video) | Föreningen Filmcentrum | 1998 | (biblioteksvideo) |
| Distributor in Sweden (buy video) | Triangelfilm AB | 1998 | |
| Other Company | World Entertainment & Business Network Inc. | (restaurerad version 1992) | |
| Othello, The Limited Partnership | (restaurerad version 1992) | ||
| Intermission Productions Ltd. | (restaurerad version 1992) | ||
| Castle Hill Productions Inc. | (restaurerad version 1992) |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 133414 |
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| Date | 1995-07-25 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 11 |
| Original length | 2546 meters |
| Notes | Aktlängder: 456, 529, 502, 514, 545. |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.37:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | Optical mono |
| Colour type | Black and white |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in minutes | 91 min |
Original work
Production location
| Safi | Morocco | 1950-03 | ||||
| Mogador | Morocco | 1950-01-31 | ||||
| Ca' d'Oro | Venice | Italy | 1949-11 | |||
| Santa Maria Della Salute | Viterbo | Italy | 1949-10-23 | |||
| Toscana | Italy | 1949-10-18 | ||||
| Scalera Studios | Rome | Italy | (ateljé) | 1949-09-06 | ||
| Venice | Italy | 1949-08-24 | ||||
| Mogador | Morocco | 1949-06-19 | ||||
| Safi | Morocco | 1949-06 | ||||
| 1948-09 | 1950-03 | |||||
| Venice | Italy | 1948-09 | ||||
| ön Torcello | Italy |
Release dates
| Festival showing | 1952-05-10 | Cannes | France | 91 min | (filmfestivalen i Cannes) | |
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| Other showing | 1955-09-15 | USA | (amerikansk premiär) | |||
| TV showing | 1979-05-11 | TV1 | Sweden | 90 min | ||
| Release in Sweden | 1995-08-18 | Sibirien | Stockholm | Sweden | 93 min | |
| Video release | 1998-11 | Sweden | 89 min | |||
| Cinematheque screening, archive copy | 2008-03-22 | |||||
| 2008-03-30 | ||||||
| 2011-12-14 | ||||||
| 2011-12-16 | ||||||
| 2012-02-07 | ||||||
| 2012-02-14 | ||||||
| Cinematheque screening | 2016-11-30 | Filmhuset | Stockholm | Sweden | ||
| Cinematheque screening, archive copy | 2016-11-30 |
Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
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| Item base | Acetate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 2546 |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Synopsis |
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| Language | English |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | SET |
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| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Type | Program folio |
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