SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Anna’s Sin

Synopsis

Feature film. An American black actor (Johnson) arrives in Rome to star in a stage production of Othello and also to locate Sam, a man for whom he served seven years in prison on a false charge of raping a white girl. Complications arise when, during rehearsals, he falls in love with his leading lady, a young Italian woman, whom he has cast as Desdemona.

Language

Italian (Standard)

Country

Italy

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1952

Duration

85 mins

Credits

Director

Camillo Mastrocinque

Cinematographer

Alvaro Marcori

Screenplay

Camillo Mastrocinque; Eduardo Anton

Music

Alessandro Cicognini

Cast

Ben E. Johnson	John Rutherford (Othello)
Anna Vita	Anna Curti (Desdemona)
Paul Mueller	Alberto

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Othello

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General

From a story by Anna Vita.

Production Company

Name

Giaguaro Film

Archive

Name

Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research

Email

askmovies@wisconsinhistory.org

Web

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Phone

+1 608 264 6466/67

Fax

+1 608 264 6472

Address

Wisconsin Historical Society
816 State Street
Madison
WI 53707 USA