The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice  - Movie (1980)

Original title

The Merchant of Venice

Released

12/17/1980

Origin country

GB, US

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance, TV Movie

Production companies

BBC, Time-Life Television Productions

Budget

Revenue

Runtime

2hr 37min

Description

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.

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