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The Merchant Of Venice (1923 Film)
''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''. 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. Cast The characters are renamed in the extant English script.Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Paul Felner
Peter Paul Felner (1884–1927) was an Austrian- Hungarian screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Director * '' Prinz und Tänzerin'' (1920) * '' Marquis Fun'' (1920) * '' The Earl of Essex'' (1922) * ''The Merchant of Venice'' (1923) * ''Prater'' (1924) * '' The Golden Calf'' (1925) * '' The World Wants To Be Deceived'' (1926) * ''Das Meer ''The Sea'' (German: ''Das Meer'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Peter Paul Felner and starring Heinrich George, Olga Tschechowa, and Simone Vaudry.Bock & Bergfelder p.154 The film's art direction was by Robert Neppach. Cast * ...'' (1927) Bibliography * Janik, Vicki. ''The Merchant of Venice: A Guide to the Play''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003. External links * 1884 births 1927 deaths Austrian film directors German-language film directors Hungarian film directors Hungarian screenwriters Austrian male screenwriters Hungarian male writers Writers from Budapest 20th-century Austrian screen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merchant Of Venice
''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. Although classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is most remembered for its dramatic scenes, and it is best known for the character Shylock and his famous demand for a " pound of flesh" in retribution. The play contains two famous speeches, that of Shylock, "Hath not a Jew eyes?" on the subject of humanity, and that of Portia on " the quality of mercy". Debate exists on whether the play is anti-Semitic, with Shylock's insistence on his legal right to the pound of flesh being in opposition to Shylock's seemingly universal plea for the rights of all people suffering discrimination. Characters * Antonio – a prominent merchant of Venice in a melancholic mood. * Bassanio � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lia Eibenschütz
Lia Eibenschütz (1899–1985) was a German actress. She was married to the actor Kurt Vespermann with whom she had a son Gerd Vespermann who also became an actor. Selected filmography * '' The War of the Oxen'' (1920) * '' The Legend of Holy Simplicity'' (1920) * ''The Prisoner'' (1920) * ''The Conspiracy in Genoa'' (1921) * ''Parisian Women'' (1921) * ''The Buried Self'' (1921) * ''The Passion of Inge Krafft'' (1921) * ''Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King'' (1922) * ''Nathan the Wise'' (1922) * ''The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning'' (1923) * ''The Merchant of Venice'' (1923) * ''The Little Duke'' (1924) * ''Kaddish'' (1924) * ''Horrido'' (1924) * ''Love's Finale'' (1925) * ''Destiny'' (1925) * ''The Woman from Berlin'' (1925) * '' The Great Opportunity'' (1925) * ''Ash Wednesday'' (1925) * '' Women of Luxury'' (1925) * ''Wallenstein'' (1925) * ''Lightning'' (1925) * '' Out of the Mist'' (1927) * '' A Modern Casanova'' (1928) * ''Sixteen Daughters and No Father'' (1928) * ''The Belo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frida Richard
Frida Richard (born Friederike Raithel, 1 November 1873 – 12 September 1946) was an Austrian actress. Selected filmography * '' The Sin of Helga Arndt'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Love Letter'' (1916) * '' The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach'' (1917) * ''The Diamond Foundation'' (1917) * ''The Ringwall Family'' (1918) * '' Waves of Fate'' (1918) * ''The Ghost Hunt'' (1918) * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' Intoxication'' (1919) * ''Baccarat'' (1919) * '' The Dancer'' (1919) * '' Superstition'' (1919) * '' The Teahouse of the Ten Lotus Flowers'' (1919) * '' Temperamental Artist'' (1920) * '' The Black Count'' (1920) * ''Christian Wahnschaffe'' (1920) * '' Judith Trachtenberg'' (1920) * '' The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * '' The Last Witness'' (1921) * '' The Hunt for the Truth'' (1921) * '' The New Paradise'' (1921) * '' The Stranger from Alster Street'' (1921) * '' About the Son'' (1921) * '' Alfred von Ingelheim's Dramatic Life'' (1921) * ''Wandering Souls'' (1921) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Steinrück
Albert Steinrück (20 May 1872 – 10 February 1929) was a German stage and film actor of the silent film, silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1929. He starred in the 1923 film ''The Treasure (1923 film), The Treasure'', which was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. He was also a leading role in the German expressionist 1920 film ''The Golem'', in which he plays a rabbi. Selected filmography * ''Japanisches Opfer'' (1910) - Ein Delegierter * ''Der Volkstyrann'' (1913) - Gouverneur * ''Prinz Keo. Der Raub der Mumie'' (1919) - Professor Scrupello * ''Die sterbende Salome'' (1919) - Bildhauer * ''Das Milliardentestament'' (1920) * ''The Girl from Acker Street'' (1920-1921, part 1, 3) - Vater Schulze * ''Catherine the Great (1920 film), Catherine the Great'' (1920) * ''Madame Récamier (1920 film), Madame Récamier'' (1920) * ''The Mayor of Zalamea (1920 film), The Mayor of Zalamea'' (1920) - Pedro Crespo * ''The Golem: How He Came into the World'' (192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Von Alten
Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "courage" or "ready, prepared" related to Old High German "to risk, venture." The name was adopted in Romance languages from its use in the Visigothic Kingdom. It is reconstructed as either Gothic or . It became popular in German-speaking Europe only from the 16th century, with Habsburg rule over Spain. Variants of the name include , , , and in Spanish, in Catalan, and and in Portuguese. The French forms are , '' Fernand'', and , and it is '' Ferdinando'' and in Italian. In Hungarian both and are used equally. The Dutch forms are and '' Ferry''. There are numerous short forms in many languages, such as the Finnish . There is a feminine Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form, . Royalty Aragón/León/Castile/Spain *Ferd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Schreck
Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck Eickhoff, Stefan. 2007 (6 September 1879 – 20 February 1936), Walk, Ines. 2006. known professionally as Max Schreck, was a German actor, best known for his lead role as the vampire Count Orlok in the film ''Nosferatu'' (1922). Early life Max Schreck was born in Berlin-Friedenau, on 6 September 1879. Six years later, his father bought a house in the independent rural community of Friedenau, then part of the district of Teltow. Schreck's father did not approve of his son's ever-growing enthusiasm for theater. His mother provided the boy with money, which he secretly used for acting lessons, although only after the death of his father did he attend drama school. After graduating, he traveled briefly across the country with poet and dramatist Demetrius Schrutz. Schreck had engagements in Mulhouse, Meseritz, Speyer, Rudolstadt, Erfurt and Weissenfels, and his first extended stay at the Gera Theater. Greater engagements followed, especiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio (The Merchant Of Venice)
Antonio is the title character in Shakespeare's ''The Merchant of Venice''. An influential, powerful, and wealthy nobleman of Venice, he is a middle-aged man and a merchant by trade who has his financial interests tied up in overseas shipments when the play begins. He is kind, generous, and honest to Christians, and is loved and revered by all the Christians who know him, but not by the Jew Shylock, whom he himself scorns. Act 1 In sooth I know not why I am so sad. It wearies me, you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuff ‘tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn And such a want-wit sadness makes of me That I have much ado to know myself. When we first see Antonio, commiserating with his friends Salanio and Salarino, he is pondering the unknown source of his depressive state His friends try to guess the origin and nature of his condition by questioning him. First, they inquire as to whether or not he is worried about his investm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassanio
Bassanio is a fictional character in Shakespeare's ''The Merchant of Venice ''Bassanio,'' the best friend of Antonio. He is a spendthrift who wasted all of his money in order to be seen as a respectable man. To regain his fortune, he is determined to marry Portia, a wealthy, intelligent heiress of Belmont. In order to ask for her hand in marriage, Bassanio and his best friend, Antonio enter into an agreement with the usurer Shylock. He is not the main character of the play, but his 73 lines compared to Antonio's 47 and Portia's 117 shows that he still plays an important role. Even though his actions do not have a large impact on the play, he is responsible for the driving force behind the plot. Role in the play In Act I, Scene I, Bassanio first makes an appearance while Antonio is complaining to his friends about him being sad. Antonio's friends continue to speculate why is he upset, and Antonio asks Bassanio to tell him of the secret love he is hiding. Bassanio explains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portia (The Merchant Of Venice)
Portia is a female protagonist of William Shakespeare's ''The Merchant of Venice''. A rich, beautiful, intelligent heiress of Belmont, she is bound by the lottery set forth in her father's will, which gives potential suitors the chance to choose among three caskets. If he chooses the right casket, he wins Portia's hand in marriage. If he chooses the incorrect casket, he must leave and never woo any other woman in marriage. She is shown to think little of various foreign noblemen of similar rank who are most likely to seek her hand in marriage and still less of two suitors who seem to attempt her father's assigned task. Instead she favours a young but impoverished Venetian noble, Bassanio, who is also a soldier and a scholar. Bassanio goes on to choose the right casket. Portia is also fond of wordplay and proverbs, frequently quoting and coining them, which was considered a sign of wisdom and sharp wit in Elizabethan era. Some suggest that the character of Portia was based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shylock
Shylock is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play ''The Merchant of Venice'' (c. 1600). A Venetian Jewish moneylender, Shylock is the play's principal antagonist. His defeat and conversion to Christianity form the climax of the story. Shylock's characterisation is composed of stereotypes, for instance greediness and vengefulness, although there were no practising Jews who lived in England during Shakespearean England. Jews were expelled from the country in 1290 by Edward I in the Edict of Expulsion; this was not reversed until the Cromwell Era. Name Shylock is not a Jewish name. However, some scholars believe it probably derives from the biblical name Shalah, which is (''Šélaḥ'') in Hebrew. Shalah is the grandson of Shem and the father of Eber, biblical progenitor of Hebrew peoples. All the names of Jewish characters in the play derive from minor figures listed in genealogies in the Book of Genesis. It is possible that Shakespeare originally intended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Pecorone
''Il Pecorone'', often referred to in English as ''The Golden Eagle'', is an Italian novela written between 1378 and 1385 by Giovanni Fiorentino. It was written in a style influenced by the ''Decameron'' of Giovanni Boccaccio, the Golden Legend collection of saint lives, the Seven Sages of Rome or the Gemma ecclesiastica of Giraldus Cambrensis. For its historical facts, however, it relies on the Nuova Cronica of Giovanni Villani. It is said to be an influence on Shakespeare's ''Merchant of Venice ''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. Although classified as a ...''.Bloom, Harold (2007). Heims, Neil, ed. The Merchant of Venice. New York: Infobase. pp.112–113 Plot summary Abridged from Johnson's summary: Giannetto, a young noble of Florence, whose father has left him no money, comes to Veni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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