Othello (1995 film) stabs and wounds Iago. Othello then kills himself, and Iago is taken away to be tortured and executed. The film, shot in Italy, follows the story of the play closely, but cuts many lines. In addition it adds silent scenes not in the play, including the return of Othello and the marriage at the beginning, a sex scene between Othello and Desdemona, dreams in which Othello imagines Desdemona's supposed affair with Cassio, a scene in which Desdemona dances for Othello, a scene in an infirmary where Roderigo and Cassio are treated for their wounds, and a final scene in which
Filming Othello Filming Othello Filming Othello is a 1978 documentary film directed by and starring Orson Welles about the making of his award-winning 1951 production "Othello". The film, which was produced for West German television, was the last completed feature film directed by Welles. "Filming Othello" begins with Welles standing behind a moviola. He directly addresses the camera and announces: "This is to be a conversation, certainly not anything so formal as a lecture, and what we're going to talk about is "Othello", Shakespeare's play and the film I made of it." Welles initially conducts a monologue where he recalls the events