Othello (1952) - (Movie Clip) It Is The Green-Eyed Monster

Othello (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Funeral

The opening as the writer, director and star wanted it, not from the Shakespeare, without dialogue, Orson Welles in the title role at his own funeral, which is also that of his wife Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier), with the villain Iago (Michael MacLiammoir) in a cage, in Othello, 1952.

Othello (1952) -- (Movie Clip) There Was Once In Venice

Framed by his own funeral, the writer director and star Orson Welles narrates his own redaction from Shakespeare, introducing himself, his bride Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier), and her hapless suitor Roderigo (Robert Coote) with treacherous Iago (Michael MacLiammoir), in Othello 1952.

Othello (1952) -- (Movie Clip) My Heart Upon My Sleeve

Orson Welles (writer, director and Shakespeare’s title character) and Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier) face anger over their now-public marriage, as he prepares to leave Venice for military duty, his aide Iago (Michael Macliammoir), with Roderigo (Robert Coote), secretly furious, in Othello, 1952.