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For Åbent Taeppe
Also known as Desdemona in the USA
(1911) Danish
B&W : Two reels
Directed by August Blom

Cast: Valdemar Psilander [Einar Lowe / Othello], Thyra Reimann [Maria Lowe / Desdemona], Robert Dinesen, Else Frölich, Clara Pontoppidan, Henny Lauritzen, Zanny Petersen, Svend Bille, Otto Dethlefsen, Frederik Skondrup, Nicholai Brechling

Nordisk Films Kompagni production; distributed by Nordisk Films Kompagni. / Produced by Ole Olsen. Scenario by Louis Møller. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was released in the USA as Desdemona by Great Northern Film Company in 1911; © in the USA 16 April 1912 by Great Northern Film Company [J168207-J168208].

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive, 16mm reduction preservation negative, 16mm reduction preservation positive].

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Listing updated: 23 July 2008.

References: Ball-Shakespeare p. 386; Niver-Early p. 76; Pohle-Holmes p. 36.

Home video: DVD.

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