SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Experimental sound film of Verdi’s opera.

Country

Italy

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1913

Duration

54 mins; 4921 feet

Availability

Presumed a lost film.

Credits

Director

Ernesto Maria Pasquali

Cinematographer

Pietro Marelli

Writer

Arrigo Boito; Renzo Chiosso

Music

Giuseppe Verdi

Cast

Alberto Capozzi	Michael Cassio
Mary Cleo Tarlarini

Additional Details

Production type

Operas and Musicals

Plays

Othello

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General

Tarlarini’s credit is tentative. The Complete Index to World Film cites the director as Ubaldo Maria Del Colle and lists other performers as Luigi Serventi, Il SIG. FORD, LYDIA DE ROBERTI, SUZANNE DE LABROY,
ENRICO VIDALI, ORLANDO RICCI, eMILIA VIDALI (09/2008).

Reviews

Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (P. 165, 344-5). Ball takes credit details from the Wiesbaden brochure.

Production Company

Name

Pasquali