Otello Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Genres: Musical
Rating:
Having previously staged Verdi's 1887 opera Otello at the Met and La Scala, filmmaker Franco_Zeffirelli committed his production to film in 1986. Starring as the fatally jealous Moor of Venice is Placido_Domingo, who had also headlined Zeffirelli's 1976 La Scala staging (production on the film was briefly interrupted while Domingo participated in the rescue operations following the Mexico City earthquake). While Katia_Ricciarelli as Desdemona and Justino_Diaz as Iago perform their own singing, Zeffirelli's Cassio--played by real-life European prince Urbano_Barberini--is dubbed by Ezio de Cesare. The director made several cuts in the original libretto and score in order to accommodate the film's two-hour time limit, but these excisions are done with taste and discretion. Because of the excessive violence in the third act--two murders, a suicide, a superficial throat-slashing--Otello was released with a PG rating. Hal Erickson, Rovi
Great Film Moments:
- In Theaters
- This Week
- Coming Soon
- New on DVD
Browse More Movies:
