Learning on ScreenShylock von Krakau, Der
- Alternative title
- Jew, The
- Synopsis
- Fiction film based on The Merchant of Venice in which the daughter of a pious Jew steals money from her father and elopes with her lover who has been borrowing from Shylock. Shylock’s pursuit of his daughter ends with a mental breakdown, a return to health, the rejection of his daughter and her death.
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1913
- Availability
- Presumed a lost film.
Credits
- Director
- Carl Wilhelm
- Producer
- Paul davidson
- Screenplay
- Felix Salten
- Art Direction
- Hermann Warm
- Cast
Rudolf Schildkraut Shylock Beata Ehren Jessica Carl Wilhelm Lorenzo Friedrich Kühne Lia Rosen
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Merchant of Venice, The
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- Distributed in England by the Ideal Film Renting Company, in three parts, as THE JEW.
- Reviews
- Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p. 164-5, 344).
Der Kinematograph, October 22, 1913.
Production Company
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