Learning on ScreenMercante di Venezia, Il
- Alternative title
- Merchant of Venice, The
- Synopsis
- A shortened version of the play which omits the casket scene and the business concerning Portia’s ring. Some scenes were filmed in Venice.
- Country
- Italy
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1910
- Duration
- 10 mins; 890 feet
Credits
- Director
- Gerolamo Lo Savio
- Cast
Ermete Novelli Shylock Francesca Bertini Portia Ferruccio Garavaglia Olga Giannini Novelli
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Merchant of Venice, The
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The copy held at the BFI National Archive is incomplete (568ft, 6mins) . It ends with Shylock appealing to the court after Portia has warned him not to spill ‘one drop of Christian blood ' (IV, i). The print is stencil-coloured. The film is contained within the BFI DVD SILENT SHAKESPEARE, a compilation of silent films.
- General
- Sources differ on the date of the film. Ball (p. 334-5) outlines the information available.
- Reviews
- Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (pp122-5, 334-5).
Production Company
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
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