- HD 1080
- Runtime: 132m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: Italy, Luxembourg, United Kingdom
- Director: Michael Radford
- Stars: Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Zuleikha Robinson
- keywords: venice, italy, jewish ghetto, suitor, racism, loan, merchant, moneylender, 16th century
- Production_studio: 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
- The The Merchant of Venice is featured in the top rankings of 2004
- #33 in Top Romance Movies of 2004
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.