Name: The Merchant of Venice
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2004-12-03
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Zuleikha Robinson

2004·Drama·2h 12m

6.8

★

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.

Directed by Michael Radford

venice, italy

jewish ghetto

suitor

racism

loan

merchant

moneylender

16th century

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Cast

Al Pacino

Shylock

Jeremy Irons

Antonio

Joseph Fiennes

Bassanio

Lynn Collins

Portia

Zuleikha Robinson

Jessica

Kris Marshall

Gratiano

Charlie Cox

Lorenzo

Heather Goldenhersh

Nerissa

Mackenzie Crook

Lancelot Gobbo

John Sessions

Salerio

Gregor Fisher

Solanio

Ron Cook

Old Gobbo

Crew

Michael Radford

Director

Michael Radford

Screenplay

Jocelyn Pook

Original Music Composer

Lucia Zucchetti

Editor

Benoît Delhomme

Director of Photography

Cary Brokaw

Producer

Peter James

Executive Producer

Sammy Sheldon

Costume Designer

William Shakespeare

Theatre Play

Popular Reviews

147 reviews

Aadam Faruqi

6.0★ · 05/06/26

"you shall get justice, more than you desire"

bassanio and Antonio is my favourite doomed yaoi don't even get me started on the fact that shylock is so definitely in the right it's not even funny wtf

*Al Pacino will not return in Avengers doomsday*

shezo

6.7★ · 05/06/26

HOLY SHIT AL PACINO

Janryloon

6.0★ · 02/23/26

Justice for my boy shylock

Kyle

6.0★ · 02/19/26

I need jeremy irons so bad

Chi

7.0★ · 02/13/26

I love bromance