Release Date

12 Jul, 1953

Runtime

01:42: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Le marchand de Venise

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Actors

Michel Simon

Andrée Debar

Massimo Serato

Armando Francioli

Giorgio Albertazzi

Liliana Tellini

Olga Solbelli

Clara Auteri Pepe

Franco Balducci

Nerio Bernardi

Alberto Collo

Renato De Carmine

Tony Di Mitri

Franco Giacobini

André Hildebrand

Paola Mori

Pamela Palma

Marika Spada

Carlo Sposito

Gualtiero Tumiati

Crew

Corrado Sofia

Louis Ducreux

Giuseppe Mangione

William Shakespeare

Pierre Billon

Cesare Lodovici

Pierre Billon