Der Kaufmann von Venedig (2004)

Actors: William Shakespeare (writer), Rolf Boysen (actor), Thomas Holtzmann (actor), Jörg Hube (actor), Oliver Nägele (actor), Richard Beek (actor), Michael von Au (actor), Dieter Dorn (miscellaneous crew), Arnulf Schumacher (actor), Helmut Pick (actor), Heiko Ruprecht (actor), Hans-Klaus Petsch (director), Robert Joseph Bartl (actor), Stefan Wilkening (actor), Peter Albers (actor),

Genres: Drama,

The Merchant of Venice (2004)

Actors: Jimmy de Brabant (producer), Robert Jones (producer), John Sessions (actor), Al Pacino (actor), Edwige Fenech (producer), Gary Hamilton (producer), Bob Bellion (producer), Allan Corduner (actor), Jeremy Irons (actor), Joseph Fiennes (actor), Michael Cowan (producer), Anton Rodgers (actor), Mackenzie Crook (actor), Jason Piette (producer), Luciano Martino (producer),

Plot: Venice, 1596. Melancholy Antonio loves the youthful Bassanio, so when Bassanio asks for 3000 ducats, Antonio says yes before knowing it's to sue for the hand of Portia. His capital tied up in merchant ships at sea, Antonio must go to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender he reviles. Shylock wraps his grudge in kindness, offering a three-month loan at no interest, but if not repaid, Antonio will owe a pound of flesh. The Jew's daughter elopes with a Christian, whetting Shylock's hatred. While Bassanio's away wooing Portia, Antonio's ships founder, and Shylock demands his pound of flesh. With court assembled and a judgment due, Portia swings into action to save Bassanio's friend.

Keywords: anti-semitic-slur, anti-semitism, bare-breasts, based-on-play, begins-with-text, blood, boat, canal, casket, catholic
Genres: Drama, Romance,

Quotes:

Bassanio: Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice.

Shylock: I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.

Salerio: Why, I am sure, if he forfeit thou wilt not take his flesh: what's that good for?::Shylock: To bait fish withal: if it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.

Shylock: He hath disgraced me, and hindered me half a million, laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies; and what's his reason? I am a Jew.

Tubal: Yes, other men have ill luck too. Antonio, as I heard in Genoa...::Shylock: What, what, what? ill luck, ill luck?::Tubal: ...hath an argosy cast away, coming from Tripolis.::Shylock: I thank God! I thank God!

Bassanio: Promise me life, and I'll confess the truth.::Portia: Well then, confess, and live.::Bassanio: 'Confess' and 'love' had been the very sum of my confession.

Bassanio: When I told you my state was nothing, I should then have told you that I was worse than nothing; for, indeed, I have engag'd myself to a dear friend, engag'd my friend to his mere enemy, to feed my means.

Antonio: Hear me yet, good Shylock.::Shylock: I'll have my bond; speak not against my bond.

Antonio: These griefs and losses have so bated me, that I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh to-morrow to my bloody creditor. Pray God, Bassanio come to see me pay his debt, and then I care not!

Shylock: I am not bound to please thee with my answer.::Bassanio: Do all men kill the things they do not love?::Shylock: Hates any man the thing he would not kill?::Bassanio: Every offence is not a hate at first.::Shylock: What! wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?

Le marchand de Venise (1980)

Actors: Jean Le Poulain (actor), Jean Le Poulain (miscellaneous crew), William Shakespeare (writer), Jean Anouilh (writer), Geneviève Casile (actress), Jean-Pierre Andréani (actor), Daniel Sarky (actor), Francis Joffo (actor), Vannick Le Poulain (actress), Bruno Netter (actor), Bernard Belin (actor), France Rousselle (actress), Patrick Bourgeois (actor), Yves Marchand (actor), Hubert Godon (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Drama,

The Merchant of Venice (1980)

Actors: John Rhys-Davies (actor), Kenneth Cranham (actor), Jack Gold (director), Arnold Diamond (actor), Gemma Jones (actress), Marc Zuber (actor), Warren Mitchell (actor), Carl Davis (composer), William Shakespeare (writer), Jonathan Miller (producer), Enn Reitel (actor), Douglas Wilmer (actor), John Franklyn-Robbins (actor), John Wilders (miscellaneous crew), David Snodin (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.

Keywords: based-on-play, shakespeare's-the-merchant-of-venice
Genres: Drama,

Venetsian kauppias (1968)

Actors: Mirjam Himberg (director), Tapio Hämäläinen (actor), Keijo Komppa (actor), Eero Melasniemi (actor), Matti Oravisto (actor), Paavo Pentikäinen (actor), Lasse Pöysti (actor), Esko Salminen (actor), Pehr-Olof Sirén (actor), Tauno Söder (actor), Kari Franck (actor), Uolevi Vahteristo (actor), Liisamaija Laaksonen (actress), Iris-Lilja Lassila (actress), Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala (actress),

Genres: Comedy,

Ansiktet (1958)

Actors: Ingrid Thulin (actress), Gunnar Björnstrand (actor), Bibi Andersson (actress), Ingmar Bergman (director), Ingmar Bergman (writer), Sif Ruud (actress), Naima Wifstrand (actress), Axel Düberg (actor), Åke Fridell (actor), Erland Josephson (actor), Katinka Faragó (miscellaneous crew), Toivo Pawlo (actor), Oscar Rosander (editor), Max von Sydow (actor), Ulla Sjöblom (actress),

Plot: When 'Vogler's Magnetic Health Theater' comes to town, there's bound to be a spectacle. Reading reports of a variety of supernatural disturbances at Vogler's prior performances abroad, the leading townspeople (including the police chief and medical examiner) request that their troupe provide them a sample of their act, before allowing them public audiences. The scientific-minded disbelievers try to expose them as charlatans, but Vogler and his crew prove too clever for them.

Keywords: 1800s, illusion, magician, parable
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Spine-Chilling! Suspenseful! Mind Shattering! Into the Nether-World! You'll Gasp At This Occult Hypnotic Experience Into the Supernatural!

Quotes:

Granny Vogler: Why the tears, little lizard?::Sanna: Are you a witch?::Granny Vogler: Maybe I am.::Sanna: I'm so scared of everything tonight. And you're so old and ugly.::Granny Vogler: So will you be, little lizard, when you reach two hundred.::Sanna: Are you that old?::Granny Vogler: Oh yes, I am.

Granny Vogler: I see what I see, and I know what I know. But nobody believes me.

Johan Spegel: I've prayed one prayer in my life: Use me, O God! But He never understood what a devoted slave I'd have been. So I was never used... But that too is a lie. Step by step you go into the dark. The movement itself is the only truth.

Dr. Vergerus, Minister of Health: The whole evening I've been fighting an unexplainable liking for you and your husband.::Manda Vogler: You surprise me.::Dr. Vergerus, Minister of Health: I took to you at once... your faces, your silence, your natural dignity. I would not admit it if I were not slightly drunk.::Manda Vogler: Then leave us alone.::Dr. Vergerus, Minister of Health: I can't. You represent what I detest most of all... the unexplainable.

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila (1955)

Actors: Carlos Manga (editor), Oscarito (actor), Carlos Manga (director), Lyrio Panicalli (composer), Waldemar Noya (editor), Wilson Grey (actor), Victor Lima (writer), Oscarito (actor), Renato Restier (actor), Grande Otelo (actor), Ricardo Luna (actor), Cyl Farney (actor), Sérgio de Oliveira (actor), Arlete Lester (miscellaneous crew), Wilson Viana (actor),

Plot: Barber's jeep crash against crazy scientist's house, where the latter was building a time-machine. The crash triggers the machine, taking them to Gaza kingdom, circa 1153 B.C., where they get involved in many funny situations. Spoof of Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah (1949).

Keywords: character-name-in-title
Genres: Comedy,

Samson and Delilah (1949)

Actors: Davison Clark (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Arthur Q. Bryan (actor), David Bond (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Sam Ash (actor), Nils Asther (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Ray Bennett (actor), Russ Clark (actor),

Plot: Though his people, the Israelites, are enslaved by the Philistines, Samson, strongest man of the tribe of Dan, falls in love with the Philistine Semadar, whom he wins by virtue of a contest of strength. But Semadar betrays him, and Samson engages in a fight with her real love, Ahtur, and his soldiers. Semadar is killed, and her sister Delilah, who had loved Samson in silence, now vows vengeance against him. She plans to seduce Samson into revealing the secret of his strength and then to betray him to the Philistine leader, the Saran.

Keywords: action-hero, adventure-hero, ambush, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, based-on-book, based-on-novel, based-on-the-bible, based-on-true-story, battle
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History, History, Romance,
Taglines: HISTORY'S MOST BEAUTIFUL AND TREACHEROUS WOMAN! (original print ad - all caps)

Quotes:

Haisham: [to Delilah] The trouble you brew today, you'll drink tomorrow.

Samson: The oldest trick in the world. Silk trap, baited with a woman.::Delilah: You know a better bait, Samson? Men *always* respond.

Saran of Gaza: He was not captured by force of arms, but by their softness.

[Samson has chosen Semadar over Delilah as his bride]::Delilah: I hate him.::Tubal: Because he's a Danite?::Delilah: Because he's a fool!::Tubal: Most men are, Delilah. There's nothing you can do about it.::[leaves]::Delilah: [smiles craftily] Sometimes a bee can move an ox.

Samson: What is sweeter than honey?::Semadar: What is stronger than a lion?

Delilah: No man leaves Delilah.

Samson: Your arms were quicksand. Your kiss was death. The name Delilah will be an everlasting curse on the lips of men.

Samson: You came to this house as wedding guests. Fire and death are your gifts to my bride. For all that I do against you now, I shall be blameless. I'll give you back fire for fire, and death for death!

Tubal: [holding Delilah and trading her for Semadar] Look! Here! Samson. My other daughter. Take her. She'll make you a much better wife. She's fairer than Semadar, and much, much more beautiful.::Samson: You give me a turnip for a...::Tubal: Wait, wait Samson. This one is a queen among women. Samson, look. Look. Have you ever seen eyes like that? So full of love for you? See the whiteness of her skin, smooth as a young dove's. Oh she'll grow into a rare blossom.::Samson: She'll grow into a thornbush!::Delilah: [grasps Samson] Did a thornbush steal the chariot that took you to the lion? Did a thornbush tell the Saran how you killed it with your bare hands? No, I did, and he believed me, then you chose Semadar.::Samson: Take your claws out of me!::Delilah: You'll never get them out of you. I made Ahtur steal the riddle's secret from Semadar. I lied to stop you from marrying her. I'll kill to keep you. You're the only thing in the world I want.::Samson: [to Tubal] Hold this fork-tongued adder before I put a heel on her.::Delilah: If you crush the life out of me I'd kiss you with my dying breath!::Samson: [to Tubal] And you want me to marry this wild cat?

[the Philistines are in shock as Samson gets his strength back]::Lord of Ashkelon: The man has the strength of a devil.::Saran of Gaza: No. The strength of a God.

The Far Call (1929)

Actors: Leila Hyams (actress), Warner Baxter (actor), Allan Dwan (director), Willie Fung (actor), Charles Gorman (actor), William Fox (producer), Pat Hartigan (actor), Walter Woods (writer), Warren Hymer (actor), Ivan Linow (actor), Charles Middleton (actor), Charles Morton (actor), Tiny Sandford (actor), Randolph Scott (actor), Bernard Siegel (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Contraband (1925)

Actors: Adolph Zukor (miscellaneous crew), Alan Crosland (director), Jesse L. Lasky (miscellaneous crew), Noah Beery (actor), Edwards Davis (actor), Alphonse Ethier (actor), Cesare Gravina (actor), Raymond Hatton (actor), Raymond McKee (actor), Charles Ogle (actor), Victor Potel (actor), Lillian Leighton (actress), Lois Wilson (actress), Jack Cunningham (writer), Luke Cosgrave (actor),

Genres: Drama,