The Legacy of Othello

Movie · 0h 53m

Starring Joel Schultze-Motel, Oliver Magda, Katrin Katz Köbbert, Jonas Kaufmann

A fascinating exploration of the literary — The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, by English playwright William Shakespeare (1604) — and lyrical — Othello, by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (1887) — myth of Othello, the desperately tragic story of a Moorish general in the army of the Venetian Republic whose absurd jealousy poisons his love for his wife Desdemona.