Otello (1986)
Othello (Placido Domingo) ist stolzer Flottenführer und liebevoller Ehemann seiner schönen Frau Desdemona (Katia Ricciarelli). Doch sein Untergang kommt fast über Nacht, als sein verräterischer Fähnrich Iago (Justino Diaz) ihn dazu verführt, Desdemonas Treue anzuzweifeln. Zum Beweis ihrer angeblichen Indiskretion schmuggelt Iago ein besticktes Taschentuch, ein Geschenk von Othello an Desdemona, in das Haus des jungen Cassio (Urbano Barberini). Von Wut verzehrt über dieses kleine Stück Stoff, das den Betrug seiner Frau beweist, würgt Othello seine unschuldige Braut zu Tode.
Der Regisseur: Franco Zeffirelli
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Plácido Domingo as Otello |
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Katia Ricciarelli as Desdemona |
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Justino Díaz as Iago |
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Petra Malakova as Emilia |
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Urbano Barberini as Cassio |
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Massimo Foschi as Lodovico |
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Edwin Francis as Montano |
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Sergio Nicolai as Roderigo |
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Remo Remotti as Brabantio |
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Antonio Pierfederici as Doge |
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Gabriella Borni as Dancer Soloist |
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Enzo Marino Bellanich as |
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Peter Lapres as Cassio's Aide |
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Alessandro Spadorcia as |
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Benito Barbieri as |
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Daniela Merlo as |
| Camera | Ennio Guarnieri | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Franco Zeffirelli | Director |
| Production | Yoram Globus | Producer |
| Production | Menahem Golan | Producer |
| Production | John Thompson | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Masolino D'Amico | Adaptation |
| Editing | Franca Silvi | Editor |
| Writing | Franco Zeffirelli | Adaptation |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alfredo Marazzi | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Millenotti | Costume Design |
| Editing | Peter Taylor | Editor |
| Art | Franco Zeffirelli | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Desideria Corridoni | Hairstylist |
| Art | Gianni Quaranta | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Teresa Corridoni | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giorgio Gregorini | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Anni | Costume Design |
| Writing | Arrigo Boito | Writer |
| Sound | Giuseppe Verdi | Music |
| Writing | William Shakespeare | Theatre Play |