Otello (1986 film) Otello (1986 film) Otello is a 1986 film based on the Giuseppe Verdi opera of the same name, which was itself based on the Shakespearean play "Othello". The film was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starred Plácido Domingo in the title role, Katia Ricciarelli as Desdemona and Justino Díaz as Iago. For the movie's soundtrack, Lorin Maazel conducted the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala. The film premiered in West Germany on August 28, 1986 and received a U.S. theatrical release on September 12, 1986. It was nominated for a Bafta Award and a Golden Globe for Best
Hour record last of which was by Lemaire in 1952. The first women's hour record approved by the UCI was by Tamara Novikova in 1955. In 1972, Eddy Merckx set a new hour record at in Mexico City at an altitude of where he proclaimed it to have been "the hardest ride I have ever done". The record would stand for 12 years until in January 1984, Francesco Moser set a new record at . This was the first noted use of disc wheels, which provided an aerodynamic gain as well as Moser wearing a skin suit. Moser's record would eventually be