"Manipulated by his jealous ensign Iago, the Moorish general Othello is driven to believe that his new wife Desdemona is unfaithful, setting in motion a chain of deception, jealousy, and violence that leads to tragedy."
Orson Welles
as Othello
Micheál Mac Liammóir
as Iago
Robert Coote
as Roderigo
Suzanne Cloutier
as Desdemona
Hilton Edwards
as Brabantio
Nicholas Bruce
as Lodovico
Michael Laurence
as Michael Cassio
Fay Compton
as Emilia
Doris Dowling
as Bianca
Joan Fontaine
as Page
Joseph Cotten
as Senator (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
as Lodovico (voice)
Gudrun Ure
as Desdemona (voice)
Director
Jean Sacha
Writer
Julien Derode
Associate Producer
G.R. Aldo
Director of Photography
Harriet Medin
Dialect Coach
Alberto Fusi
Additional Photography
Maurice Seiderman
Makeup Artist
Alberto Barberis
Original Music Composer
Additional Editing
Producer
Maria De Matteis
Costume Design
Renzo Lucidi
Editor
Luigi Scaccianoce
Production Design
Alexandre Trauner
Giorgio Papi
George Fanto
Oberdan Troiani
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Jenö Csepreghy
William Morton
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Anchise Brizzi
Screenplay