Otello, Comando Negro
- Alternative title
- Othello, The Black Commando
- Synopsis
- Feature film. A French-Spanish derivative of Othello set in the late 1970s in which Othello is cast as a mercenary soldier fighting in Africa. Courtney Lehmann in Shakespeares After Shakespeare (op cit) writes: ‘Poised somewhere between blaxploitation film - replete with a funk soundtrack composed by Boulois himself - and European art cinema, this ambitious adaptation is as telling in its shortcomings as it is in its successes’.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Spain; France
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1982
- Duration
- 103 mins
Credits
- Director
- Max H. Boulois
- Cinematographer
- Domingo Solano
- Screenplay
- Max H. Boulois
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Othello
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- Shakespeare’s name is misspelt in the credits.
Beethoven’s 5th and 9th symphonies are used as background music. - History
- It was released on video in Great Britain in 1992 under the title OTHELLO.
- Reviews
- Variety (22 December 1982). The reviewer commented ‘Boulois throttles the gal, Iago bites the dust, and Othello commits suicide’.
Lehmann, Courtney in ‘Film Adaptations’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p115, entry 457).
Production Company
- Name
Eurocine (Paris)
- Name
MB Diffusion SA
Archive
- Name
Archives Francaises du Film du Centre National De La Cinematographie (CNC)
- AFF@cnc.fr
- Web
- http://www.cnc/fr External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +33-1 3014 8000
- Address
- 7bis Rue A, Turpault, F-78395
Bois D’Arcy
France
- Name
Folger Shakespeare Library
- reference@folger.edu
- Web
- http://www.folger.edu External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (202) 544 4600
- Fax
- (202) 544 4623
- Address
- 201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA
- Name
IVAC
- Web
- http://ivac.lafilmoteca.es External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 34-96 353 9320
- Fax
- 34-96 353 9330
- Address
- Instituto Valenciano De Cinematografica
pca de L’Ajuntament 17
Edifico Rialto
Valencia, Spain
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Otello, Comando Negro". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av66568 (Accessed 03 Oct 2024)