Crew
DF
Dag Freyer
Director
DF
Dag Freyer
Writer
Cast
JS
Joel Schultze-Motel
Othello
OM
Oliver Magda
Jago
KK
Katrin Katz Köbbert
Desdemona
Jonas Kaufmann
Self
JH
Jimmy Hartwig
Self
The Legacy of Othello
202253m8.0 (1)
DocumentaryHistory
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.
