Othello (1955 film)

Othello (Отелло)
Film poster
Directed by	Sergei Yutkevich
Written by	Sergei Yutkevich
Based on	Othello by William Shakespeare
Starring	Sergei Bondarchuk Andrei Popov Irina Skobtseva Vladimir Soshalsky Yevgeny Vesnik
Cinematography	Yevgeniy Nikolayevich Andrikanis
Music by	Aram Khachaturian
Release date	1955 (1955)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Othello (Russian: Отелло, romanized: Otello) is a 1955 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich,^[1]^[2] based on the play Othello by William Shakespeare. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival, where Yutkevich received the Best Director Award.^[3]

Cast

v t e Aram Khachaturian
List of compositions
Ballets	Gayane (1939–41) "Sabre Dance" Spartacus (1950–54)
Orchestral	Symphony No. 2 The Bell Symphony (1944) Symphony No. 3 Symphony-Poem (1947) State Anthem of the Armenian SSR (1944) Suite from Masquerade (1944)
Concerti	Piano Concerto in D-flat major (1936) Violin Concerto in D minor (1940) Cello Concerto in E minor (1946)
Piano	Toccata (1932)
Incidental music	Masquerade (1941)
Film scores	Pepo (1934–35) Zangezur (1937–38) Salavat Yulayev (1939) Girl No. 217 (1945) The Battle of Stalingrad (1949) Othello (1955)
Related articles	House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian Music of Armenia Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Category

v t e William Shakespeare's Othello
Characters	Othello Desdemona Iago Cassio Emilia Bianca Roderigo Brabantio
Source	Della descrittione dell’Africa (1550) by Leo Africanus "Un Capitano Moro" from Gli Hecatommithi (1565) by Cintio
Stage adaptations	The Duke of Milan (1623) Love's Sacrifice (1633) Masquerade (1835) Othello (1951) Catch My Soul (US; 1969) Catch My Soul (UK; 1970) Desdemona (2011)
Opera and ballet adaptations	Otello (1816; opera by Rossini) Otello (1887; opera by Verdi) Othello (1892; overture) The Moor's Pavane (1949; ballet) Othello (1998; ballet score) Bandanna (1999; opera)
Films	1922 1951 1955 1965 1995
TV	1964 Australia 1981 1990 1994 2001
Film adaptations	Jubal (1956) All Night Long (1962) Catch My Soul (1974) Kaliyattam (1997) O (2001) Souli (2004) Omkara (2006) Jarum Halus (2008)
From Verdi	Otello (1906; film) Othello Ballet Suite/Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1 (1967; ballet suite) Otello (1986; film) The Othello Syndrome (2008; album)
Paintings	Othello
Phrases	"Beast with two backs"
Related	Othello error Filming Othello
Story within a story	Carnival (1921 film) Carnival (1931 film) The Deceiver (1931) Men Are Not Gods (1936) A Double Life (1947) Saptapadi (1961) The Dresser (1980 play) The Dresser (1983 film) Goodnight Desdemona (1988) An Imaginary Tale (1990) Red Velvet (2012 play) The Dresser (2015 film)
Related	Cultural references to Othello

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