Summary 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. View more details
Directed : Otto Schenk
Written : William Shakespeare Otto Schenk Ludwig Tieck
Stars : Boy Gobert Gertraud Jesserer Franz Schafheitlin Kurt Heintel
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 25, 1968
Countries of origin : Austria West Germany
Language : German
Production companies : Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Summary 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. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 25, 1968
Countries of origin : Austria West Germany
Language : German
Production companies : Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
