--- title: 'Othello (1951)' type: 'film' director: 'Orson Welles' released: '1951-11-01' runtime_minutes: 91 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/othello-1951' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045251/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Othello (1951) 1951 · 91 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis Othello is a 1951 tragedy film based on the Shakespearean play, written, directed, produced by, and starring Orson Welles. The film also stars Micheál Mac Liammóir as Iago, Robert Coote as Roderigo, Suzanne Cloutier as Desdemona, Michael Laurence as Cassio, Fay Compton as Emilia and Doris Dowling as Bianca. ## Credits - **Director:** [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles) - **Screenplay:** [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles), [Jean Sacha](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-sacha) - **Producer:** [Scalera Film](https://cinepixo.com/people/scalera-film) - **Director of Photography:** [G.R. Aldo](https://cinepixo.com/people/g-r-aldo), [Anchise Brizzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/anchise-brizzi), [Oberdan Troiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/oberdan-troiani) ## Cast - [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles) as Othello - [Micheál Mac Liammóir](https://cinepixo.com/people/micheal-mac-liammoir) as Iago - [Joan Fontaine](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-fontaine) as Page - [Robert Coote](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-coote) as Roderigo - [Joseph Cotten](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-cotten) as Senator - [Michael Laurence](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-laurence) as Michael Cassio - [Doris Dowling](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-dowling) as Bianca - [Nicholas Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-bruce) as Lodovico - [Suzanne Cloutier](https://cinepixo.com/people/suzanne-cloutier) as Desdemona - [Fay Compton](https://cinepixo.com/people/fay-compton) as Emilia - [Hilton Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilton-edwards) as Brabantio ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/othello-1951 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2704454); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.