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'Racist comedy short in which the tables are turned on a greedy Jewish antique dealer.' (British Film Institute)
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Original Language
EN
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.