---
title: 'The Merchant of Venice (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pierre Billon'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-merchant-of-venice-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044885/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Merchant of Venice (1953)

1953 · 102 min · Drama · France, Italy

Original title: Le Marchand de Venise

## Synopsis

The Merchant of Venice is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Michel Simon, Andrée Debar and Massimo Serato. It is loosely based on William Shakespeare's Elizabethan play of the same name.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pierre Billon](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-billon)
- **Screenplay:** [Louis Ducreux](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-ducreux), [Giuseppe Mangione](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-mangione)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Giovanni Fusco](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-fusco)
- **Producer:** [Eugène Tucherer](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-tucherer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arturo Gallea](https://cinepixo.com/people/arturo-gallea)

## Cast

- [Daniel Sarky](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-sarky)
- [Olga Solbelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-solbelli)
- [Liliana Tellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/liliana-tellini)
- [Giorgio Albertazzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-albertazzi)
- [Gualtiero Tumiati](https://cinepixo.com/people/gualtiero-tumiati)
- [Franco Balducci](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-balducci)
- [Franco Giacobini](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-giacobini)
- [Andrée Debar](https://cinepixo.com/people/andree-debar)
- [Massimo Serato](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-serato)
- [Paola Mori](https://cinepixo.com/people/paola-mori)
- [Armando Francioli](https://cinepixo.com/people/armando-francioli)
- [Nerio Bernardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nerio-bernardi)
- [Carlo Sposito](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-sposito)
- [Michel Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-simon)

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