Filming OTHELLO
Othello • 1h 23m
The last completed feature of any kind by Orson Welles, this 1979 documentary dives into the production of OTHELLO and includes an extended conversation between Welles and actors Micheál MacLiammóir and Hilton Edwards.
Up Next in Othello
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Return to Glennascaul
Directed by Hilton Edwards • 1953 • United Kingdom
Orson Welles, playing himself, picks up a hitchhiker who recounts a strange story. Actors Micheál MacLiammóir and Hilton Edwards made this short film during a hiatus from shooting OTHELLO (1952).
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Souvenirs d’OTHELLO
This 1995 Canadian documentary features an extensive interview, in English and French, with actor Suzanne Cloutier (Desdemona) about the making of OTHELLO.
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Simon Callow on OTHELLO
In this interview, filmed in 2017, Simon Callow, actor and author of the multivolume biography “Orson Welles,” discusses the production of OTHELLO, especially Welles’s relationship with actors Micheál MacLiammóir and Hilton Edwards.
