--- title: 'Othello (1956)' type: 'film' director: 'Sergei Yutkevich' released: '1956-03-13' runtime_minutes: 107 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Romance' countries: - 'Soviet Union' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/othello-1956' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048455/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Othello (1956) 1956 · 107 min · Drama, Romance · Soviet Union Original title: Отелло ## Synopsis Othello is a 1955 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich, based on the play Othello by William Shakespeare. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival, where Yutkevich received the Best Director Award. ## Credits - **Director:** [Sergei Yutkevich](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-yutkevich) - **Screenplay:** [Sergei Yutkevich](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-yutkevich) - **Original Music Composer:** [Aram Khachaturian](https://cinepixo.com/people/aram-khachaturian) - **Director of Photography:** [Yevgeni Andrikanis](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeni-andrikanis) ## Cast - [Sergei Bondarchuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-bondarchuk) as Othello - [Antonina Maksimova](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonina-maksimova) as Emilia - [Yevgeny Vesnik](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-vesnik) as Roderigo - [Andrey Popov](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-popov) as Iago - [Leila Ashrafova](https://cinepixo.com/people/leila-ashrafova) as Bianca - [Nikolay Briling](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-briling) as Lodovico - [Irina Skobtseva](https://cinepixo.com/people/irina-skobtseva) as Desdemona - [Yevgeny Teterin](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-teterin) as Brabantio - [Vladimir Soshalsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-soshalsky) as Michael Cassio - [Michaił Trojanowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/michai-trojanowski) as Doge of Venice ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/othello-1956 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2250645); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.