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Desdémone

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Desdémone (Desdemona dans l'original) est un personnage de la pièce Othello ou le Maure de Venise de William Shakespeare.

Fille du sénateur vénitien, Brabantio, elle épouse Othello contre l'avis de son père et le suit à Chypre. Elle y est victime des intrigues de Iago, qui place un mouchoir lui appartenant dans les appartements de Cassio pour faire croire à Othello que sa femme le trompe. Desdémone a beau clamer son innocence, Othello refuse de la croire et la tue par suffocation dans le dernier acte.

Played by the actors

Season Hubley
Season Hubley
(1 films)
Suzanne Cloutier
Suzanne Cloutier
(1 films)
Irène Jacob
Irène Jacob
(1 films)
Irina Skobtseva
Irina Skobtseva
(1 films)
Manju Warrier
Manju Warrier
(1 films)
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Filmography of Desdémone (7 films)

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O
O (2001)
, 1h35
Directed by Tim Blake Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Sports films, Théâtre, Basketball films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Andrew Keegan, Julia Stiles, Rain Phoenix, Elden Henson
Rating60% 3.048863.048863.048863.048863.04886
During a high school basketball game, Odin James (Phifer) scores the basket that wins the game for his team. Later at an awards ceremony, the coach, Duke Goulding (Martin Sheen) presents the MVP award to Odin for his efforts, an award he shares with his teammate Michael Cassio (Andrew Keegan). In giving Odin the award, Duke passes over his son Hugo (Hartnett), Odin's teammate and best friend. At a party celebrating the victory, Hugo plans with school outcast Roger Calhoun (Elden Henson) to go to the school's dean, Bob Brable (John Heard) and tell him that Odin raped his daughter, Desi (Stiles), whom Odin has been dating. Hugo promises Roger that Desi will be his after Odin is out of the way, but Roger is only a pawn in Hugo's ultimate plan to destroy Odin.
Kaliyattam
Kaliyattam (1997)
, 2h10
Directed by Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair
Genres Drama
Actors Suresh Gopi, Lal, Paul Michael, Manju Warrier, Biju Menon, Bindu Panicker
Rating77% 3.8649953.8649953.8649953.8649953.864995
This is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello, revolving around Kannan Perumalayan (Suresh Gopi)), a Theyyam artist who corresponds to Othello, and Thamara (Manju Warrier), the beautiful daughter of the village head. While Unni Thampuran hates Kannan because he had a crush on Thamara, and Paniyan, (Lal) who plays a Koomali, covets the role of Theechamundi which Perumalayan holds. Paniyan plants the seeds of doubt about Thamara's fidelity in Kannan's mind, making him suspect that Thamara and his assistant Kanthan (Biju Menon) are having an affair. Kannan spots a silk robe which he had presented to Thamara in Kanthan's hands.
Othello
Othello (1995)
, 2h3
Directed by Oliver Parker
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Laurence Fishburne, Irène Jacob, Kenneth Branagh, Nathaniel Parker, Michael Maloney, Nicholas Farrell
Rating67% 3.396853.396853.396853.396853.39685
Venise 1570. L'orgueilleux Maure Othello, mercenaire au service de la Sérénissime République, enlève Desdemone, fille du noble Brabantino. Une passion dévorante unit les deux amants. Mais Iago, fidèle lieutenant du Maure, voyant le charmant Cassio prendre de plus en plus d'importance auprès d'Othello qui le lui préfère comme bras droit, jure de se venger du couple.
Othello
Othello (1951)
, 1h30
Directed by Orson Welles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Orson Welles, Suzanne Cloutier, Doris Dowling, Joseph Cotten, Robert Coote, Joan Fontaine
Rating74% 3.7476553.7476553.7476553.7476553.747655
À Venise, les succès militaires du général Othello, dit le maure, et son mariage avec la belle Desdémona, fille du sénateur Barbantio, suscitent à la fois l'admiration et la jalousie. Iago, lieutenant d'Othello, va semer le doute dans l'esprit de son général quant à la fidélité de son épouse. Cupide, Iago ne cherche qu'à assouvir son ambition, et tente de parvenir à ses fins en manipulant adroitement chaque personnage.