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Status
Released
Release
1965
Runtime
2h 45m
"The greatest Othello ever by the greatest actor of our time"
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
37 Cast Members
Frank Finlay
Iago
Laurence Olivier
Othello
Maggie Smith
Desdemona
Joyce Redman
Emilia
Derek Jacobi
Cassio
Robert Lang
Roderigo
Anthony Nicholls
Brabantio
Kenneth MacKintosh
Lodovico
Edward Hardwicke
Montano
Sheila Reid
Bianca
Michael Gambon
Roy Holder
Clown
David Hargreaves
Senate Officer
Malcolm Terris
Senate Officer / Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots
Michael Turner
Gratiano
Harry Lomax
Duke of Venice
Terence Knapp
Duke's Officer / Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots
Keith Marsh
Tom Kempinski
Sailor / Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots
Nick Edmett
Messenger / Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots
