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The Legacy of Othello (2022)

Name: The Legacy of Othello
Director: Dag Freyer
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2022-06-12
Duration: 53 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Joel Schultze-Motel, Oliver Magda, Katrin Katz Köbbert, Jonas Kaufmann, Jimmy Hartwig

53 min · Germany · Dir. Dag Freyer

Documentary History 2022 movies

A fascinating exploration of the literary — The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, by English playwright William Shakespeare (1604) — and lyrical — Othello, by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (1887) — myth of Othello, the desperately tragic story of a Moorish general in the army of the Venetian Republic whose absurd jealousy poisons his love for his wife Desdemona.