Sergei YutkevichCast
Sergey Bondarchuk 
Irina Skobtseva Andrei Popov Vladimir Soshalsky 
Evgeniy Vesnik Antonina Maksimova
Credits
Written by: 
William Shakespeare
Plot
A Soviet adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy of the Moor of Venice, with Sergei Bondarchuk as Othello, lavish in color and location shooting in Italy.
Sinekatalog’s take
A lavish and classical Shakespeare adaptation.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (394 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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