A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Emil Jannings and Ica von Lenkeffy. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Emil Jannings [Othello], Werner Krauß (Werner Krauss) [Jago (Iago)], Ica von Lenkeffy [Desdemona], Theodor Loos [Cassio], Lya de Putti [?] [Lucia or Emilia]?, Friedrich Kühne [Brabantio], Magnus Stifter [Montano], Ferdinand von Alten [Rodrigo], Ludwig Rex

Wörner-Filmgesellschaft production. / Scenario by Dmitri Buchowetzki and Carl Hagen, from the play The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare. Production direction by Fritz Kraencke and Karl Machus. Cinematography by Karl Hasselmann. Second cameraman, Friedrich Paulmann. / Released 18 March 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA by Export & Import Film Company, Incorporated, in 1923.

Drama: Tragedy.

Survival status: Print exists (of the 1923 USA release version).

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung [Germany]; Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616) - Barrels - Betrayal - Candles - Carpets - Crime: Murder (Strangulation) - Crowds - Curtains - Cyprus - Dreams - Drunkeness - Dukes - Fights: Sword - Gondolas - Handkerchiefs - Italy: Venice - Jealousy - Lies - Maps - Manipulation - Marriages (Interracial) - Musical instruments: Drums - Needlepoint - Negroes - Quill pens - Soldiers - Suspicion - Sword swallowing - Visions - Water - Weapons: Cannons, Swords

Listing updated: 9 December 2024.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Ball-Shakespeare p. 320a; Everson-American p. 323; Limbacher-Feature p. 181 : Website-Filmportal; Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.