The Jew of Mestri

(1923)

★ 6.6 IMDb · 5 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1923

Runtime: 87 мин

Country: Germany

Director: Peter Paul Felner

Cast: Вернер Краус, Henny Porten, Harry Liedtke, Max Schreck, Альберт Штайнрюк, Frida Richard, Lia Eibenschütz, Hans Brausewetter, Jakob Tiedtke, Carl Ebert

Plot

The film "Der Kaufmann von Venedig" ( The Jew Of Mestri ) was written, produced and directed by Peter Paul Felner in the silent year of 1923 and is a free adaptation of "Merchant of Venice" written by Herr William Shakespeare. It is an elegant and expensive German film production that was shot on location in beautiful and decadent Venice with some of the most important Teutonic actors of the time: Henny Porten, Harry Liedtke und Werner Krauss and even the mysterious Max Schreck.