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Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 17, 1980
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC,Time-Life Television Productions
- Cast
- Richard Austin,Daniel Mitchell,Arnold Diamond,Joe Gladwin,Douglas Wilmer,John Nettles,Adrian Harman,Enn Reitel,John Rhys-Davies,Leslee Udwinand 11 more
- Director
- Jack Gold
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Carl Davis
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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