The Merchant of Venice
Venice, 1596.Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad, so they turn to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and ask him for a loan.
- Director
- Michael Radford
- Worldwide
- $22M
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Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad, so they turn to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and ask him for a loan.
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Box Office & Release
The Merchant of Venice returned 0.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $30M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $22M
- Release date
- Dec 3, 2004
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Italian
- Country
- United Kingdom, Italy
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