The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.

A filmed choreodrama that played an important role in the Georgian and Soviet contemporary ballet scene. In a Spanish village oppressed by a tyrannical Commander, a defiant young woman inspires the people to rise up, transforming personal resistance into a collective revolt for dignity and freedom.