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The Merchant of Venice (1955)

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How it feels

A television adaptation of Shakespeare's play about a merchant who borrows money from a Jewish moneylender. The moneylender demands a pound of flesh as repayment if the loan is not returned on time.

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What happens

The Merchant of Venice è un film per la televisione del 1955 diretto da Hal Burton. Si tratta di una ripresa televisiva in diretta dell'opera teatrale di Shakespeare per la serie BBC Sunday-Night Theatre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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