The Merchant of Venice

Name: The Merchant of Venice
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2004-12-03
Duration: 2 h 12 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Zuleikha Robinson

The Merchant of Venice (2004)

Timing: 2:12 (132 min)

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Release date

2004-12-03

Country

Italy, Luxembourg, United Kingdom

Production

UK Film Council, Dania Film, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Avenue Pictures, LSG Productions, Film Fund Luxembourg, Spice Factory, Delux Productions, Movision, Immagine e Cinema, Navidi-Wilde Productions Ltd., Rough Diamond Productions

Genre

Drama, Romance

Budget

$30 000 000

Revenue

$21 600 000

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Director

Michael Radford

Actors

Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Zuleikha Robinson, Kris Marshall, Charlie Cox, Heather Goldenhersh, Mackenzie Crook, John Sessions
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Scenario

Producer

Cary Brokaw, Michael Cowan, Jason Piette, Barry Navidi, Robert Jones, Alex Marshall, Michael Hammer, James Simpson, Manfred Wilde, Peter James

Operator

Benoît Delhomme

Composer

Jocelyn Pook

Artist

Bruno Rubeo

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Editing

Lucia Zucchetti
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

“The Merchant of Venice” is a film adaptation of the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.
Initially, Ian McKellen was supposed to play the role of Antonio, and Dustin Hoffman was to play Shylock.