Film

The Merchant of Venice

1980 · 2h 37m · Comedy · TV Movie · Romance

IMDb

7.2

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.

John Franklyn-Robbins

Antonio

John Rhys-Davies

Salerio

Alan David

Solanio

John Nettles

Bassanio

Richard Morant

Lorenzo

Kenneth Cranham

Gratiano

Gemma Jones

Portia

Susan Jameson

Nerissa

Daniel Mitchell

Balthasar

Warren Mitchell

Shylock

Marc Zuber

The Prince of Morocco

Enn Reitel

Launcelot Gobbo

Joe Gladwin

Old Gobbo

Roger Martin

Leonardo

Leslee Udwin

Jessica

Peter Gale

The Prince of Arragon

• Jack GoldDirector
• Carl DavisOriginal Music Composer

Release date

December 17, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 37m

Genres

Comedy, TV Movie, Romance, Drama

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