El mercader de Venecia

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. The Merchant of Venice is a play written by William Shakespeare between 1596 and 1598, which was not published until 1600.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 22, 1967

Original language

Spanish

Cast

José Bódalo,Pascual Martín,Julian Trujillo,Fernando Nogueras,Víctor Fuentes,Gemma Cuervo,Ignacio de Paúl,Julio Núñez,Víctor Valverde,Felipe Urmenetaand 5 more

Director

Pedro Amalio López

Writer

William Shakespeare

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0573354