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Released
1951 · FILM

Othello

Orson Welles' magnificent screening of Shakespeare's immortal tragedy

Directed by
Runtime
93 min
DramaRomance

Synopsis

Under the influence of his envious ensign Iago, the Moorish general Othello comes to believe that his new wife, Desdemona, is unfaithful, triggering a sequence of deception, jealousy, and violence that culminates in tragedy.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 25

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jeno CsepreghyShot by G R AldoScored by Alberto BarberisDesigned by Alexandre Trauner

Also known as

  • Orson Welles' Othellode
  • Othellode
  • Oteloes
  • Otelloit

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