The Merchant of Venice (1916)
- Directed by
- Walter West
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This is a silent film adaptation of Shakespeare's play about a merchant who borrows money from a Jewish moneylender and must repay the debt with a pound of his own flesh. It follows the deals and romantic pairings of characters in Venice and Belmont.
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What happens
The Merchant of Venice is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Walter West and starring Matheson Lang, Hutin Britton, Ernest Caselli. It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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