SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Othello, Or, The Moor of Venice

Synopsis

Silent film version of Othello filmed in Venice. Paolo Colachi plays Othello.

Country

Italy

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Silent

Year of release

1914

Duration

46 mins; 4215 feet

Credits

Cinematographer

Beccaria

Cast

Paolo Colaci	Othello
Elsa Lenard	Desdemona
Riccardo Tolentino	Iago
Ubaldo Stefani	Michael Cassio

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Historical period

Renaissance Italy

Plays

Othello

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

The copy held at the Library of Congress has no titles and is very much out of sequence. Ball based his detailed notes on this ‘badly organised’ negative. The print at LC is 16mm (1194ft, 33 mins), some 13 minutes shorter than the original.

General

Some sources cite Arrigo Frusta as director and adapter. The Library of Congress names Luigi Maggi. Robert Hamilton Ball cites Lena Lenard as Desdemona.

Stills

The Museum of Modern Art, New York City holds stills from the film.

Reviews

Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (211-15, 355-6). Ball gives a detailed account of the film’s scenes and its distribution.

Production Company

Name

Ambrosio

Archive

Name

Archives Francaises du Film du Centre National De La Cinematographie (CNC)

Email

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

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

Web

http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window

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