Bumke als Othello

Alternative title
Bumke As Othello
Synopsis
Comedy short featuring a character called Bumke. An ambitious but inept actor makes himself ridiculous by playing the part of Othello on the stage. He has to flee when the audience becomes outraged.
Country
Germany
Medium
Film
Technical information
Black-and-white / Silent
Year of release
1913
Duration
6 mins; 590 feet
Availability
Presumed a lost film.

Credits

Director
Gerhard Dammann
Cast
Gerhard DammannOthello

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Othello
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General
Bumke was a variety star who had appeared at the London Hippodrome seven years earlier.
Reviews
Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. (London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968), p.165, 345.

Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly (May 22 1913).

Production Company

Name

Continental Kunstfilm

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Bumke als Othello". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68838 (Accessed 10 Nov 2024)