The Merchant of Venice
Le marchand de Venise
Release: 1953-07-12
·Runtime: 102m
·★ 5.0
Drama
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.
Production Countries
France
Italy
Production Companies
Élysée Films
Venturini Film
Cast
Giorgio Albertazzi
as Lorenzo
Franco Balducci
as Ami d'Antonio
Andrée Debar
as Portia
Massimo Serato
as Antonio
Armando Francioli
as Bassanio
Renato De Carmine
Paola Mori
Olga Solbelli
as Bianca
Tony Di Mitri
Franco Giacobini
Gualtiero Tumiati
Michel Simon
as Shylock
Clara Auteri Pepe
as Nerissa
Nerio Bernardi
as Le doge
