Othello, Der Mohr von Venedig

Alternative title
Othello
Synopsis
German television production of Othello directed by George Tabori. Gert Voss is Othello and Ignaz Kirchner plays Iago.
Language
German (Standard)
Country
Austria; Germany
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
6 Jun 1992 (Channel: ORF)
Duration
152 mins

Credits

Director
George Tabori
Cinematographer
August Bender
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Stanley Walden
Production Design
Karl-Ernst Herrmann
Costume
Jorge Jara
Adaptor for Television
George Tabori; Ursula Voss
Cast
Gert VossOthello
Anne BennettDesdemona
Ignaz KirchnerIago
Florentin GrollMichael Cassio
Elisabeth OrthEmilia
Dieter WittingLodovico
Georgina CaviniBianca
Günter EinbrodtRoderigo
Heinz ZuberBrabantio
Peter WolfsbergerMontano
Rudolf MelicharGratiano

Additional Details

Theatre
Akademietheater, Vienna
Production type
Television and Radio Drama
Plays
Othello
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History
Produced at the Akademietheater, Vienna, beginning 10 January 1990. Transmitted on ZDF 12 July 1992.
Textual information
Translated into German by Erich Fried and adapted by G. Tabori and Ursula Voss. Tabori’s changes to Fried’s translation are recounted by Marvin Carlson ‘Othello in Vienna, 1991’
Shakespeare Quarterly. Vol. 44, No. 2 (Summer, 1993), pp. 228-230

Production Company

Name

Osterreichischer Rundfunk-Fernsehen

Name

ZDF

Notes
See: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Archive

Name

Österreichische Mediathek

Web
http://www.mediathek.at External site opens in new window
Phone
+43-1/5973669-20
Fax
+43-1/5973669-25
Address
Abteilung des Technischen Museums Wien
Marchettischlössl
Gumpendorfer Strasse 95
1060
Vienna

Distributor (Sale)

Name

ZDF - Programme Service

Email
programmservice@zdf.de
Web
http://www.theaterkanal.de/fernsehen/mitschnitt/ External site opens in new window
Phone
0049-(0)6131/70 9510
Fax
0049-(0)06131/70 9515
Address
HA ABD, Programmverwertung und -übernahme
ZDF-Straße 1
Mainz
55100
Germany

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Othello, Der Mohr von Venedig". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av69063 (Accessed 12 Nov 2024)