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