Othello

UPC: 807280129199

Studio: Arthaus Musik

Summary: In the final decades of his life, opera guru Walter Felseinstein (1901-75) built and sustained a reputation for restaging seminal works from the operatic canon for film cameras, and shooting them on closed sets, usually with the original casts involved. Such was the case with this unique 1969 version of Giuseppe Verdi's four-act opera Othello, which Verdi, in turn, adapted from William Shakespeare's iconic tragedy. As filmed at the DEFA Studio in Babelsberg, this version stars Hanns Nocker as Othello, Christa Noack as Desdemona, Vladimir Bauer as Iago and Hans-Otto Rogge as Cassio. The Chorus and Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin provide added musical accompaniment. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Category: Theater [nf]

Features: Introduction (from the script) of the 4 acts with a picture gallery
Interview with Walter Felsenstein on filming of "Othello" (interviewed by Dieter Kranz, 1959)
Interview with Walter Felsenstein on production of "Othello" (interviewed by Dieter Kranz, 1969)
Video and audio restoration, footage with a commentary of Christoph Felsenstein

Othello

Format: DVD

Release Date: 10/27/2009

Audio: 2 PCM stereo

Runtime: 121 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,French,Spanish,German

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish,German

Region: Universal Compatability

Cast and Crew: Hanna Schmook  Actor 
Hans-Otto Rogge  Actor 
Christa Noack Van Kamptz  Actor 
Horst-Erich Blasberg  Actor 
Hebert Rossler  Actor 
Horst-Dieter Kaschel  Actor 
Hans Nocker  Actor 
Peter Seuffert  Actor 
Vladimir Bauer  Actor 
Walter Felsenstein  Director