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Der Kaufmann von Venedig (1968)

Der Kaufmann von Venedig poster
Directed by
Otto Schenk
Genre
drama
Country
Austria
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a TV film adaptation of Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. It follows the moneylender Shylock as he makes a dangerous agreement with the merchant Antonio.

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What happens

Der Kaufmann von Venedig è un film per la televisione del 1968 diretto da Otto Schenk. È una trasposizione televisiva austro-tedesca ispirata all'opera teatrale Il mercante di Venezia di William Shakespeare, che vede Fritz Kortner come protagonista nella parte di Shylock. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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