Otello - Franco Zeffirelli
Filmic production of Giuseppe Verdi's operatic interpretation of Shakespeare's famous tragedy, 'Othello'. Read more
| Starring | Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz, JUSTINO DIAZ |
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| Director | Franco Zeffirelli |
| Genres | Music/Musical, World Cinema |
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Otello - Franco Zeffirelli
Filmic production of Giuseppe Verdi's operatic interpretation of Shakespeare's famous tragedy, 'Othello'.
| Starring | Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz, JUSTINO DIAZ, Petra Malakova, Urbano Barberini |
|---|---|
| Director | Franco Zeffirelli |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 58 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Music/Musical, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | English, German |
| Subtitles | DVD: Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 11 Apr 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Grand, dramatic, spectacular and heart-breakingly beautiful.
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Domingo gives a magnificent performance
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Most helpful member's review
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Otello - the 'more' you listen the merrier you be.
If you love opera and Shakespeare this is a must. If you want to sample the genre this is perhaps where you should begin.
Stage productions can be limiting and difficult for both the camera and the viewer. Despite its age this 'film' production captures all of the excitement and passion of Verdi's masterpiece.
Zeffirelli imbues imagination and texture and the film flows effortlessly to its inevitable and tragic conclusion.
Placido Domingo is magnificent as Otello, even if having the appearance of someone spending too long in a dodgy suntan parlour. But the highlight was Justino Dias' excellent voice and performance as Iago.
Why aren't there more film versions of opera? This film is perhaps a little dated but remains a leading light in what should be a growing market! -
Most recent members' review
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One of the great opera films.
Truly splendid version of Otello with a marvellous cast. The settings are fabulously rich, the costumes excellent and the camera that roams and peers through bars and screens and clusters of lances gives the staginess of the original more of a movie feel.
Though the opera is based on Shakespeare, it condenses and tightens the action. You feel this more in this version of the opera which is further shortened for the film. You lose some of the beautiful music including one of the most famous arias, Desdemona's Willow Song.
There is a slightly dated feel to the film but in spite of that it is one of the great opera films. -
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