Othello

In Cyprus, Venetian Iago (Frank Finlay) awaits word of his general (Laurence Olivier, title character), battling Turks at sea, keeping an eye on the wife Desedemona (Maggie Smith) and amorous Cassio (Derek Jacobi), in the film of the National Theatre production of Shakespeare's Othello, 1965.

Summoned before the duke (Harry Lomax), Moorish Venetian general Othello (Laurence Olivier) explains to nobleman Brabantio (Anthony Nicholls) that he has in fact married his daughter Desedemona (Maggie Smith), who arrives to confirm, in the 1965 British production of Shakespeare's Othello.

Origin of the phrase, Venetian Iago (Frank Finlay) and Roderigo (Robert Lang) lament the latter's failed pursuit of Desedemona, whose father (Anthony Nicholls) they tell of her marriage to the title character (Laurence Olivier), opening this 1965 version of Shakespeare's Othello.

Laurence Olivier stars as Shakespeare's Othello (1965) with Maggie Smith as Desdemona and Frank Finlay as Iago.