Movie

The Merchant of Venice - Bregenzer Festspiele

2014 2h 45m Released

DramaRomance

Set in Venice during the Renaissance, the drama centres on Bassanio, a young nobleman who would like to court the beautiful Portia but doesn‘t have the money to travel to her country estate, so he asks the merchant Antonio for help. Antonio‘s wealth is tied up in maritime trade but he offers to procure the sum Bassanio needs from the Jewish money lender Shylock. Shylock hates Antonio for being so contemptuous in his treatment of Jews, and therefore stipulates that if the debt is not repaid within three months, the penalty will be a pound of Antonio‘s own flesh...

Cast

C Christopher Ainslie Antonio, a Merchant of Ven Charles Workman Bassanio, a friend of Anto Adrian Clarke Salarino, a friend of Anto J Jason Bridges Lorenzo, in love with Jess A Adrian Eröd Shylock, a rich Jew K Kathryn Lewek Jessica, Shylock's daughte