Miller, Jonathan	...	(Director)
William Shakespeare	...	(Writer)
Anthony Pedley	...	Roderigo
Bob Hoskins	...	Iago
Geoffrey Chater	...	Brabantio
Alexander Davion	...	Gratiano
Anthony Hopkins	...	Othello
David Yelland	...	Cassio
Joseph O'Conor	...	Lodovico
Peter Walmsley	...	Officer
John Barron	...	Duke of Venice
Seymour Green	...	First Senator
Howard Goorney	...	Second Senator
Penelope Wilton	...	Desdemona
Rosemary Leach	...	Emilia
Tony Steedman	...	Montano
Max Harvey	...	First Gentleman

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Summary: Australia released, PAL/Region 2&4 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ),English ( Subtitles ),SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access,SYNOPSIS: In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought acclaimed performances from leading contemporary actors. When the young Desdemona defies her father to marry Othello, the Moor of Venice seems to have everything - love, friendship, status and respect. But within Othello's great love for his bride lies the seeds of its own destruction. And, from his own ranks, comes the slighted !ago - a manipulative figure who is prepared to nurture the Moor's misgivings for his own interests... Jonathan Miller's magnificent production utilises the indubitable talents of Anthony I Hopkins and Bob Hoskins in the lead roles of Shakespeare's theatrical masterpiece. Indeed I Hopkins admitted, "Othello is the part I've always most wanted to play." Together they weave an increasingly tense web of manipulation, deception and jealousy on a tragic path to self-understanding.