The Merchant of Venice (1923 film)
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The Merchant of Venice (German: Der Kaufmann von Venedig) is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by Peter Paul Felner and starring Werner Krauss, Henny Porten and Harry Liedtke. The film is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. It was released in the United States in 1926 as The Jew of Mestri.[1] The film was made on location in Venice, with scenes and characters added which were not in the original play. This is the surviving copy, being two reels shorter than the German version. The characters in the German retained Shakespeare's nomenclature, but in the American they were given new names sourced from the Italian work Il Pecorone, a 14th-century short story collection attributed to Giovanni Fiorentino, from which Shakespeare is believed to have drawn his idea. The film purports to be a return to the original, as an excuse for its differences from the play.
The Merchant of Venice | |
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Directed by | Peter Paul Felner |
Written by | William Shakespeare (play) Peter Paul Felner Giovanni Fiorentino |
Produced by | Peter Paul Felner |
Starring | Werner Krauss Henny Porten Harry Liedtke Carl Ebert |
Cinematography | Axel Graatkjaer Rudolph Maté |
Edited by | Peter Paul Felner |
Music by | Michael Krausz |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Phoebus Film |
Release date | 13 October 1923 |
Country | Germany |
Languages | Silent German intertitles |