Otello

Alternative title
Othello
Synopsis
Polish television production of Othello directed by Andrzej Chrzanowki and adapted for television by Barbara Borys-Damiecka. Daniel Olbrychski is Othello and Piotr Fronczewski plays Iago.
Language
Polish
Country
Poland
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
26 Nov 1984 (Channel: Teatr TV - TVP1)
Duration
135 mins

Credits

Director
Andrzej Chrzanowski
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Jozef Skrzek
Production Design
Andrzej Przybyl; Xymena Zaniewska
Adaptor for Television
Barbara Borys-Damieck
Cast
Daniel OlbrychskiOthello
Joanna PaculaDesdemona
Piotr FronczewskiIago
Piotr GarlickiMichael Cassio
Halina KowalskaEmilia
Anna ChitroBianca
Bronislaw PawlikBrabantio
Gustaw HoloubekDuke of Venice
Henryk MachalicaSenator
Jan ProchyraHerald
Krzysztof ChamiecLodovico
Marek DabrowskiDignitary
Piotr MachalicaRoderigo
Wienczyslaw GlinskiGratiano
Wojciech DuryaszDignitary
Zygmunt MaciejewskiSenator

Additional Details

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

Notes

History
The play was filmed in 1981 and transmitted three years later.
Textual information
Translated into Polish by Jozef Skrzek.
Reviews
Fabiszak, Jacek, Polish Televised Shakespeares: a Study of Shakespeare Productions Within the Television Theatre Format (Poznan: Motivex, 2005), pp. 142-150.

Production Company

Name

Teatr Telewizji

Archive

Name

Telewizja Polska

Email
http://www.tvp.pl/o-tvp/kontakt
Web
http://www.tvp.pl External site opens in new window
Phone
(22) 547 44 50
Address
Polish Television
17. J.P. Woronicza St
00-999, WARSAW
Poland

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Otello". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av69455 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)