Manipulated by his jealous ensign Iago, the Moorish general Othello is driven to believe that his new wife Desdemona is unfaithful, setting in motion a chain of deception, jealousy, and violence that leads to tragedy.
Orson Welles
Othello
Micheál Mac Liammóir
Iago
Robert Coote
Roderigo
Suzanne Cloutier
Desdemona
Hilton Edwards
Brabantio
Nicholas Bruce
Lodovico
Michael Laurence
Michael Cassio
Fay Compton
Emilia
Doris Dowling
Bianca
Joan Fontaine
Page
Joseph Cotten
Senator (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
Lodovico (voice)
Gudrun Ure
Desdemona (voice)
Director
Jean Sacha
Writer
Julien Derode
Associate Producer
G.R. Aldo
Director of Photography
Harriet Medin
Dialect Coach
Alberto Fusi
Additional Photography
Maurice Seiderman
Makeup Artist
Alberto Barberis
Original Music Composer
Additional Editing
Producer
Maria De Matteis
Costume Design
Renzo Lucidi
Editor
Luigi Scaccianoce
Production Design
Alexandre Trauner
Giorgio Papi
George Fanto
Oberdan Troiani
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Jenö Csepreghy
William Morton
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Anchise Brizzi
Screenplay
