A fascinating exploration of the literary — The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, by English playwright William Shakespeare (1604) — and lyrical — Othello, by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (1887) — myth of Othello, the desperately tragic story of a Moorish general in the army of the Venetian Republic whose absurd jealousy poisons his love for his wife Desdemona.

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• ZDF
• Joel Schultze-Motel
• Oliver Magda
• Katrin Katz Köbbert
• Jonas Kaufmann
• Jimmy Hartwig