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title: "Othello: cast and crew"
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cast: 13
crew: 23
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# Othello (1951): cast and crew

13 cast and 23 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Orson Welles](https://film.one/person/orson-welles.md) as Othello
- [Micheál Mac Liammóir](https://film.one/person/micheal-mac-liammoir.md) as Iago
- [Robert Coote](https://film.one/person/robert-coote.md) as Roderigo
- [Suzanne Cloutier](https://film.one/person/suzanne-cloutier-130223.md) as Desdemona
- [Hilton Edwards](https://film.one/person/hilton-edwards.md) as Brabantio
- [Nicholas Bruce](https://film.one/person/nicholas-bruce.md) as Lodovico
- [Michael Laurence](https://film.one/person/michael-laurence-145240.md) as Michael Cassio
- [Fay Compton](https://film.one/person/fay-compton.md) as Emilia
- [Doris Dowling](https://film.one/person/doris-dowling.md) as Bianca
- [Joan Fontaine](https://film.one/person/joan-fontaine.md) as Page
- [Joseph Cotten](https://film.one/person/joseph-cotten.md) as Senator (uncredited)
- [Robert Rietti](https://film.one/person/robert-rietti.md) as Lodovico (voice)
- Gudrun Ure as Desdemona (voice)

## Directing

- [Orson Welles](https://film.one/person/orson-welles.md): Director

## Writing

- [Jean Sacha](https://film.one/person/jean-sacha.md): Writer
- William Shakespeare: Theatre Play
- [Orson Welles](https://film.one/person/orson-welles.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Orson Welles](https://film.one/person/orson-welles.md): Producer
- Julien Derode: Associate Producer
- [Giorgio Papi](https://film.one/person/giorgio-papi.md): Producer

## Camera

- [G.R. Aldo](https://film.one/person/g-r-aldo.md): Director of Photography
- Alberto Fusi: Additional Photography
- [Anchise Brizzi](https://film.one/person/anchise-brizzi.md): Director of Photography
- [George Fanto](https://film.one/person/george-fanto.md): Director of Photography
- Oberdan Troiani: Additional Photography

## Editing

- [Renzo Lucidi](https://film.one/person/renzo-lucidi.md): Editor
- [Jean Sacha](https://film.one/person/jean-sacha.md): Additional Editing
- [Jenö Csepreghy](https://film.one/person/jeno-csepreghy.md): Editor
- [William Morton](https://film.one/person/william-morton.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Alberto Barberis](https://film.one/person/alberto-barberis.md): Original Music Composer
- [Angelo Francesco Lavagnino](https://film.one/person/angelo-francesco-lavagnino.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- [Alexandre Trauner](https://film.one/person/alexandre-trauner.md): Production Design
- [Luigi Scaccianoce](https://film.one/person/luigi-scaccianoce.md): Production Design

## Costume and make-up

- [Maria De Matteis](https://film.one/person/maria-de-matteis.md): Costume Design
- Maurice Seiderman: Makeup Artist

## Crew

- Harriet Medin: Dialect Coach

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