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The Merchant of Venice (1953)
Directed by Pierre Billon
Drama · 1h 42m
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.
Cast
Michel Simon
Andrée Debar
Massimo Serato
Armando Francioli
Giorgio Albertazzi
Olga Solbelli
Clara Auteri Pepe
Franco Balducci
Nerio Bernardi
Renato De Carmine
Crew
- Director
- Pierre Billon
- Writer
- Pierre Billon, Louis Ducreux, Giuseppe Mangione, Corrado Sofia
Details
- Original title
- Le marchand de Venise
- Release date
- 1953-07-12
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Production
- Élysée Films, Venturini Film