- Also includes four silent Shakespeare shorts: "Duel Scene from Macbeth" (1905), "The Taming of the Shrew" (1908), "Romeo Turns Bandit" (1910), "Desdemona" (1911)
Othello (1922) On DVD
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Actor : Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Ica von Lenkeffy, Theodor Loos, Ferdinand von Alten
Director: August Blom, D.W. Griffith, Dimitri Buchowetzki, Romeo Bosetti
Genre: Drama
Year: 1922
Studio: Kino Video
Length: 80
Released: June 26, 2001
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Black & White
Language: English
Subtitles : N/A
DESCRIPTION:
Directed by Russian expatriate Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring legendary screen actors Emil Jannings (The Last Laugh) and Werner Krauss (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari), this early version of William Shakespeare's Othello is a fine example of the artistic and technical virtuosity of the German silent cinema. Rather than a literal adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy, the film is more of a dark thriller in the German tradition. Cavernous chambers and stony battlements cast shadows of impending doom upon Othello (Jannings) and Desdemona (Ica von Lenkeffy) as the mephistophelian Iago (Krauss) dances about them, methodically destroying their happiness and steering them toward their bitter fate with impish delight.
Special Features:
Special Features:
Actor : Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Ica von Lenkeffy, Theodor Loos, Ferdinand von Alten
Director: August Blom, D.W. Griffith, Dimitri Buchowetzki, Romeo Bosetti
Genre: Drama
Year: 1922
Studio: Kino Video
Length: 80
Released: June 26, 2001
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Black & White
Language: English
Subtitles : N/A
DESCRIPTION:
Directed by Russian expatriate Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring legendary screen actors Emil Jannings (The Last Laugh) and Werner Krauss (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari), this early version of William Shakespeare's Othello is a fine example of the artistic and technical virtuosity of the German silent cinema. Rather than a literal adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy, the film is more of a dark thriller in the German tradition. Cavernous chambers and stony battlements cast shadows of impending doom upon Othello (Jannings) and Desdemona (Ica von Lenkeffy) as the mephistophelian Iago (Krauss) dances about them, methodically destroying their happiness and steering them toward their bitter fate with impish delight.
Special Features:
Special Features:
- Also includes four silent Shakespeare shorts: "Duel Scene from Macbeth" (1905), "The Taming of the Shrew" (1908), "Romeo Turns Bandit" (1910), "Desdemona" (1911)
| Product Name | Othello (1922) On DVD |
|---|---|
| This item is returnable | No |
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