Othello
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DVD Details
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 29, 2010
- Originally Released: 1965
- Label: Arthaus Musik
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Sena Jurinac | |
Directed by | Otto Schenk | |
Composition by | Giuseppe Verdi |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/5 --
2.5
Movie City News
There are, of course, many ways to film a staged play, and some are so crude as to be of little value even for the record. Fortunately Othello has been made both wisely and well.
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Maclean's Magazine
Rating: 4/5 --
A great cinematic touchstone.
ColeSmithey.com
Rating: 3/5 --
It's a stagy and uneven enactment of the play, but what players on this stage!
Nick's Flick Picks
It's a bloated corpse of a movie, running a numbing 166 minutes with only Olivier's lifeblood to sustain it.
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Combustible Celluloid
Rating: 3/4 --
Whether taken as a cultural relic or the definitive screen treatment, Othello demands to be seen for Olivier's bravura, high-wire performance.
Groucho Reviews
Rating: 3/5 --
Even with its imperfections and politically incorrect presentation, this film is a memorable achievement.
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Product Description:
As directed by Otto Schenk, this most unusual version of Giuseppe Verdi's 1887 opera Othello (adapted from Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name) isn't actually a stage-bound theatrical production. It was shot for German television in 1965 on elaborate sets, but was also done with "roving" cameras, which liberates the material from a sense of staginess and gives it an unprecedented level of intimacy. It stars Wolfgang Windgassen as Othello, Sena Jurinac as Desdemona and Norman Mittelmann as Iago. The Südfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, the Chor der Wiener Staatsoper and the Wiener Sängerknaben lend added musical support, with Argeo Quadri conducting and Norbert Balatsch serving as chorus master. Gerhard Hruby designed the sets, and Leni Bauer Ecsi did the costumes.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 107,264
- UPC: 807280150599
- Shipping Weight: 0.29/lbs (approx)
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