The Merchant of Venice (1953)

Original title

Le marchand de Venise

Directed by

Pierre Billon

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a film adaptation of Shakespeare's play about a merchant in Venice who borrows money from a Jewish moneylender. The story involves a risky bond, a young man trying to win a bride, and courtroom drama.

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What happens

The Merchant of Venice (French: Le Marchand de Venise, Italian: Il mercante di Venezia) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Michel Simon, Andrée Debar and Massimo Serato. It is loosely based on William Shakespeare's Elizabethan play of the same name. The film's sets were designed by the art director Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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