SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Desdemona

Synopsis

Fiction short. A modern reworking of Othello. Ejnar and Maria are husband and wife and both actors in a forthcoming production of Othello. The plot revolves around jealously, disguise and revenge when Ejnar is made aware of his wife’s suitors. As in many other reworkings of the play the tragic effects of jealousy are seen during the production of the play in a ‘life imitates art’ motif.

Country

Denmark

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Silent

Year of release

1911

Duration

20 mins; 1797 feet

Credits

Director

August Blom

Producer

Ole Olsen

Cast

Valdemar Psilander	Ejnar (Othello)
Thyra Reimann	Maria (Desdemona)
Nicolai Brechling	Preben (Iago)
Henry Knudsen	Count Brisson

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Othello

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

The film, along with three other silent Shakespeare films, is included as a DVD extra (region 1 only) with OTHELLO (1922) directed by Buchowetski.

Reviews

Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (pp. 132-4, 337).

Production Company

Name

Nordisk

Archive

Name

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

Web

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Phone

(20) 707-8572

Fax

(20) 707-237’1

Address

Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States

Name

Museum of Modern Art

Email

fsc@moma.org

Web

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Phone

9212) 708-9613

Address

Celeste Bartos International Film Study Center
11 West 53 Street
New York, New York 10019-5497

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.co.uk

Web

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