Othello

1922
TV-PG
1h 19m

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Lya De Putti, Emil Jannings, and Werner Krauss in Othello (1922)

Based on Shakespeare's play: The treacherous Iago plans to ruin the life of Othello by provoking him to jealousy.Based on Shakespeare's play: The treacherous Iago plans to ruin the life of Othello by provoking him to jealousy.Based on Shakespeare's play: The treacherous Iago plans to ruin the life of Othello by provoking him to jealousy.

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6.3/10

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Trivia
This film was first telecast 19 August 1948 on New York City's freshly launched WJZ (Channel 7), the first and only station at that time to offer an ongoing series of silent feature films in more or less complete form, shown intermittently for the next twelve months. L'aigle noir (1925) would be their next offering, Sunday 12 September 1948.

Quotes
Cassio: [after Othello has summarily dismissed him for disorderly conduct] Reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself - my reputation!

Alternate versions
In 2001, Kino International Corp. copyrighted a 79-minute version of this film, with a new piano music score composed and performed by Jon Mirsalis. All written material is in English; Emil Jannings and director Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy are the only original cast and crew listed.

Connections
Featured in Théâtre de sang (1973)

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Great Version

Othello (1922)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

German version of the classic Shakespeare play has Iago (Werner Krauss) making Othello (Emil Jannings) jealous of his wife so that revenge can be played out. Director Dimitri Buchowetzki does a very good job at the film's pacing and keeps the film moving very well. The 80-minute running time comes and goes very quickly, which is always a benefit when we're talking Shakespeare. The sets look very good as well but the big highlight are the performances by Krauss and Jannings. Both men do superb work here, especially Jannings who gives one of the best performances of Othello that I've seen.