The Merchant of Venice (1953 film)
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| Directed by | Pierre Billon |
| Written by | Pierre Billon Louis Ducreux Giuseppe Mangione Corrado Sofia Federico Zardi |
| Based on | The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare |
| Produced by | Giorgio Venturini Eugène Tucherer |
| Starring | Michel Simon Andrée Debar Massimo Serato |
| Cinematography | Arturo Gallea |
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| Music by | Giovanni Fusco |
Production companies | Élysée Films Venturini Film |
| Distributed by | DisCina Venturini Film |
Release date | 1 February 1953 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | French |
The Merchant of Venice (French: Le marchand de Venise, Italian: Il mercante di Venezia) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Michel Simon, Andrée Debar and Massimo Serato. It is loosely based on William Shakespeare's Elizabethan play of the same name.[1][2]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni.
Cast[]
- Michel Simon as Shylock
- Andrée Debar as Portia
- Massimo Serato as Antonio
- Armando Francioli as Bassanio
- Giorgio Albertazzi as Lorenzo
- Liliana Tellini as Jessica
- Olga Solbelli as Bianca
- as Nerissa
- Franco Balducci as Antonio's Friend
- Nerio Bernardi as Doge
- Gualtiero Tumiati as Dr. Bellario
References[]
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
- ^ Jesús Angulo, José Enrique Monterde (1997). Cine francés 1945-1959: de la posguerra a la Nouvelle Vague. Donostia Kultura, 2005. ISBN 1557284539.
Bibliography[]
- Burt, Richard. Shakespeares After Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture, Volume 1. Greenwood Press, 2007.
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- French-language films
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