Othello

National Theatre of Great Britain’s stage production of William Shakespeare’s play. Features Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi and Frank Finlay. Although the lighting is very dark at times making the action hard to discern, this dramatisation is very powerful and moving.

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Credits

director

Stuart Burge

producer

Anthony Havelock-Allan

John Brabourne

Duration

02:50:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1965

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

007989

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Literature → Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q2634673

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United Kingdom, 1965

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