The Merchant of Venice

Genre: Drama , Romance
Actors: Al Pacino , Jeremy Irons , Joseph Fiennes , Lynn Collins , Zuleikha Robinson , Kris Marshall
Director: Michael Radford
Country: Italy , Luxembourg , United Kingdom
Production: Movision , Avenue Pictures , UK Film Council , Film Fund Luxembourg , Delux Productions , Immagine e Cinema , Dania Film , Istituto Luce Cinecitt&agrave; , Navidi-Wilde Productions Ltd. , LSG Productions , Rough Diamond Productions , Spice Factory

"The Merchant of Venice on themoviesfree.com " – 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.