Directed by:
Stuart BurgeCinematography:
Geoffrey UnsworthCast:
Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Joyce Redman, Frank Finlay, Derek Jacobi, Malcolm Terris, Edward Hardwicke, Trevor Martin, Michael Gambon, John McEnery (more)Plots(1)
The original cast and soul-shattering impact of the play's 1964 staging by the National Theatre of Great Britain are captured on film. As the valiant war hero swept into a maelstrom of jealousy and revenge Olivier won his seventh Academy Award nomination. The movie's Desdemona (Maggie Smith) Emilia (Joyce Redman) and 'honest Iago' (Frank Finlay) also captured Oscar nominations. And the result Bosley Crowther wrote in The New York Times is that 'this Othello is one of the boldest you'll ever see. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Laurence Olivier
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Sleuth (1972)
Hamlet (1948)
Maggie Smith
UK
Best movies:
Joyce Redman
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
Les Miserables (1978) (TV movie)
Prudence and the Pill (1968)
Frank Finlay
UK
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
The Longest Day (1962)
Prime Suspect 6 (2003) (TV movie)
Derek Jacobi
UK
Best movies:
Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet (2016) (theatrical recording)
Gladiator (2000)
The King's Speech (2010)
Malcolm Terris
UK
Best movies:
The Plague Dogs (1982)
Chaplin (1992)
Othello (1965)
Edward Hardwicke
UK
Best movies:
Love Actually (2003)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Othello (1965)
Trevor Martin
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998) (TV movie)
Babel (2006)
Michael Gambon
Ireland
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
John McEnery
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Othello (1965)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998) (TV movie)
Robert Lang
UK
Best movies:
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Othello (1965)
I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill (1974) (TV movie)
Christopher Timothy
UK
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
Spring and Port Wine (1970)
Doctor at Large (1957)
Keith Marsh
UK
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
Jane Eyre (1983) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Sheila Reid
UK
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
The Dresser (1983)
Brazil (1985)
Andy Bradford
UK
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
Juggernaut (1974)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Bruce Purchase
New Zealand
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV movie)
Lionheart (1987)
Robert Russell
UK
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Oliver Twist (1982) (TV movie)
Janie Booth
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
Personal Services (1987)
Judith Arthy
Australia
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
The Shuttered Room (1967)
Anthony Nicholls
UK
Best movies:
The Omen (1976)
Othello (1965)
O Lucky Man! (1973)