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Othello
(1909) Germany
B&W : Short film
Directed by Franz Porten

Cast: Franz Porten [Othello], Henny Porten [Desdemona], Rosa Porten [Emilia]

Messters Projektion Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung production; distributed by [?] Deutsche Mutoskop und Biograph? / Produced by Oskar Messter. / From the play Othello by William Shakespeare. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Same film as Desdemona (1908)? / [?] Full-sound film?

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

Keywords: Authors: William Shakespeare (1564?-1616)

Listing updated: 11 June 2024.

References: Website-IMDb.