With a friend desperate for money, a merchant takes out a loan from a ruthless money-lender. Confident that his ships will soon be bringing him great wealth, the merchant willingly agrees to conditions of the loan that put him at great personal risk.
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Trailer to the new multilingual Production of Swiss Stage Bards at the University of Fribourg: William Shakespeares "The Merchant of Venice"
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