Rent Othello (1995)
3.5 of 5 from 50 ratings
1h 58min
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- Synopsis:
Promote someone else to the rank of lieutenant? Over Iago's dead body! And more pointedly, over the dead bodies of nearly everyone ensnared in Iago's plot of revenge. Jealousy, passion, misplaced trust: the themes of Shakespeare's towering tragedy permeate this fresh "Othello" from writer/director Oliver Parker (An Ideal Husband). Kenneth Branagh (Iago), Irene Jacob (Desdemona) and Laurence Fishburne as the title-role warrior who ruled armies but not his own heart play the principals in this tale set in Renaissance Venice - yet belonging to the ages. The Moor who "loved not wisely but too well" commands attention now and for generations to come in this version played and filmed both wisely and well. - Actors:
- Laurence Fishburne, Kenneth Branagh, Irène Jacob, Nathaniel Parker, Michael Maloney, Anna Patrick, Nicholas Farrell, Indra Ové, Michael Sheen, André Oumansky, Philip Locke, John Savident, Gabriele Ferzetti, Pierre Vaneck, Luca Guardabascio
- Directors:
- Oliver Parker
- Producers:
- David Barron, Luc Roeg
- Writers:
- Oliver Parker, William Shakespeare
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch if You Like All Is True, Films to Watch If You Like..., Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Kenneth Branagh, Top 10 Films Set in Venice, Top Films
