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Plácido Domingo in Otello (1986)

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Otello

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Director

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  • Franco Zeffirelli
    Franco Zeffirelli

Writers

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  • Arrigo Boito
    Arrigo Boito
    libretto
  • Franco Zeffirelli
    Franco Zeffirelli
    adaptation &
  • Masolino D'Amico
    Masolino D'Amico
    adapted for the screen by
  • William Shakespeare
    William Shakespeare
    inspired by play "Othello" (uncredited)

Cast

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(in credits order)
  • Plácido Domingo
    Plácido Domingo
    Plácido Domingo
    Otello
  • Katia Ricciarelli
    Katia Ricciarelli
    Desdemona
  • Justino Díaz in Otello (1986)
    Justino Díaz
    Justino Díaz
    Iago
  • Petra Malakova
    Petra Malakova
    Emilia
  • Urbano Barberini in Gor (1987)
    Urbano Barberini
    Urbano Barberini
    Cassio
  • Massimo Foschi in Last Cannibal World (1977)
    Massimo Foschi
    Massimo Foschi
    Lodovico
  • Edwin Francis
    Edwin Francis
    Montano
  • Sergio Nicolai
    Sergio Nicolai
    Roderigo
  • Remo Remotti in Bianca (1984)
    Remo Remotti
    Remo Remotti
    Brabantio
  • Antonio Pierfederici
    Antonio Pierfederici
    Doge
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Enzo Marino Bellanich
    Enzo Marino Bellanich
  • Gabriella Borni
    Gabriella Borni
    Dancer Soloist
  • Peter Lapres
    Peter Lapres
    Cassio's Aide
  • Alessandro Spadorcia
    Alessandro Spadorcia
  • Benito Barbieri in Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror (1981)
    Benito Barbieri
    Benito Barbieri
    (uncredited)
  • David Allen Mann
    David Allen Mann
    Venetian Officer
    (uncredited)
  • Daniela Merlo
    Daniela Merlo
    Daniela Merlo
    Member of Chorus
    (uncredited)

Producers

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  • Yoram Globus
    Yoram Globus
    producer
  • Menahem Golan
    Menahem Golan
    producer
  • Fulvio Lucisano
    Fulvio Lucisano
    associate producer
  • John Thompson
    John Thompson
    executive producer

Cinematographer

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  • Ennio Guarnieri
    Ennio Guarnieri

Editors

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  • Franca Silvi
    Franca Silvi
  • Peter Taylor
    Peter Taylor

Production Designer

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  • Franco Zeffirelli
    Franco Zeffirelli

Art Director

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  • Gianni Quaranta
    Gianni Quaranta

Costume Design

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  • Anna Anni
    Anna Anni
  • Maurizio Millenotti
    Maurizio Millenotti

Makeup Department

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  • Carlo Barucci
    Carlo Barucci
    assistant hair stylist
  • Desiree Corridoni
    Desiree Corridoni
    hair stylist (as Desideria Corridoni)
  • Maria Teresa Corridoni
    Maria Teresa Corridoni
    key hair stylist
  • Giorgio Gregorini
    Giorgio Gregorini
    hair stylist
  • Alfredo Marazzi
    Alfredo Marazzi
    key makeup artist

Production Management

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  • Roberto Giussani
    Roberto Giussani
    production supervisor
  • Michael Hartman
    Michael Hartman
    production supervisor (as Mike Hartman)
  • Renato Pecoriello
    Renato Pecoriello
    production manager

Second Unit or Assistant Director

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  • Pippo Pisciotto
    Pippo Pisciotto
    assistant director

Art Department

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  • Fabio Carussi
    Fabio Carussi
    carpenter
  • Hrysa Daponte
    Hrysa Daponte
    assistant art director
  • Domenico Mancino
    Domenico Mancino
    blacksmith

Sound Department

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  • Roberto Edwin Forrest
    Roberto Edwin Forrest
    sound recordist
  • Renato Giannelli
    Renato Giannelli
    sound mixer
  • Stanley B. Gill
    Stanley B. Gill
    sound recordist
  • Edmondo Gintili
    Edmondo Gintili
    additional effects editor
  • Maurizio Merli
    Maurizio Merli
    boom operator
  • Luciano Muratori
    Luciano Muratori
    supervising sound editor: recut/remix
  • Doug E. Turner
    Doug E. Turner
    re-recording mixer

Special Effects

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  • Claudio Quaglietti
    Claudio Quaglietti
    special effects technician

Stunts

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  • Stefano Maria Mioni
    Stefano Maria Mioni
    stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Deborah Imogen Beer
    Deborah Imogen Beer
    still photographer
  • Nino Cristiani
    Nino Cristiani
    camera operator
  • Claudio Gallicchio
    Claudio Gallicchio
    electrician
  • Massimo Intoppa
    Massimo Intoppa
    assistant camera
  • Sergio Strizzi
    Sergio Strizzi
    still photographer

Costume Department

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  • Enrico Serafini
    Enrico Serafini
    assistant costume designer

Editorial Department

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  • Patrizia Ceresani
    Patrizia Ceresani
    assistant editor
  • Omneya 'Nini' Mazen
    Omneya 'Nini' Mazen
    post-production assistant

Location Management

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  • Lanfranco Diotallevi
    Lanfranco Diotallevi
    location manager

Music Department

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  • Giulio Bertola
    Giulio Bertola
    chorus master
  • Ezio Di Cesare
    Ezio Di Cesare
    singing voice: Urbano Barberini
  • Michael Johns
    Michael Johns
    music editor
  • Lorin Maazel
    Lorin Maazel
    conductor / music producer
  • John Macurdy
    John Macurdy
    singing voice: Massimo Foschi
  • Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala
    Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala
    musician (as Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano)
  • Giannicola Pigliucci
    Giannicola Pigliucci
    singing voice: Remo Remotti
  • Edward Toumajian
    Edward Toumajian
    singing voice: Edwin Francis
  • Giuseppe Verdi
    Giuseppe Verdi
    music by
  • Constantin Zaharia
    Constantin Zaharia
    singing voice: Sergio Nicolai

Script and Continuity Department

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  • Renata Franceschi
    Renata Franceschi
    continuity

Additional Crew

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  • Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco
    Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco
    production assistant
  • Marcello Lanza
    Marcello Lanza
    assistant accountant
  • Eugene Rizzo
    Eugene Rizzo
    unit publicist
  • Antonio Stefanucci
    Antonio Stefanucci
    production secretary
  • Alberto Testa
    Alberto Testa
    choreographer

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