The Merchant of Venice (movie)
- User score: 6.8
- Production country: Italy, Luxembourg, United Kingdom
- Producer: Michael Radford
- Production companies: Movision, Avenue Pictures, UK Film Council, Film Fund Luxembourg, Delux Productions, Immagine e Cinema, Dania Film, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Navidi-Wilde Productions Ltd., LSG Productions, Rough Diamond Productions, Spice Factory
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Budget: $30,000,000
- Revenue: $21,600,000
- Release date: 12/3/2004
- Run time: 132 min.
Movie 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.
