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SHYLOCK

By Michal SHABTAY

EYE FILMMUSEUM - as PROMO

Drama - Completed 2008

An exploration of the tragic, funny and often unbearable life of theatre's most famous Jew.

- Year of production
- 2008
- Genres
- Drama, Documentary
- Countries
- NETHERLANDS
- Languages
- DUTCH, ENGLISH
- Duration
- 68 mn
- Director(s)
- Michal SHABTAY
- Writer(s)
- Michal SHABTAY, Gareth ARMSTRONG
- Cast
- Cahit ÖLMEZ, Adelheid ROOSEN
- Producer(s)
- René GOOSSENS (De Productie)
- Synopsis
- Shylock, as seen through the eyes of Tubal, the Merchant of Venice’s only friend, This "one-man film" conjures up a whole cast of other characters: from Portia to Pontius Pilate, from the merchant to Adolph Hitler, from Dracula to the Wandering Jew.
  With a leer, a wink and a shrug, Tubal charts the concept of Shylock throughout history, and traces the intolerance towards the ‘stranger’ in Europe. He talks about Shakespeare, theatre, xenophobia, history and ideas.