| The Venetian Looking-Glass | |
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| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
| Based on | The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare |
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| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
The Venetian Looking-Glass (French: Le Miroir de Venise) is a 1905 French short silent film by Georges Méliès.[1]
The main character, consistently spelled "Schylock" in Méliès's materials, was inspired by Shylock from William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.[2] Shakespeare-on-film scholar Judith Buchanan concludes that the film was "probably only mildly Shakespearean."[3]
The film was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 699–701 in its catalogues, where it was advertised as une mésaventure de Schylock ("a misadventure of Shylock").[2] It is currently presumed lost.[1]
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