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The Threepenny Opera (German: Die 3 Groschen-Oper) is a 1931 German musical film directed by G. W. Pabst. Produced by Seymour Nebenzal's Nero-Film for Tonbild-Syndikat AG , Berlin and Warner Bros. Pictures GmbH, Berlin, the film is loosely based on the 1928 musical theatre success of the same name by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.
- Kurt Weill
- Seymour Nebenzal
- 19 February 1931
The Threepenny Opera has been performed in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Russia, Italy, and Hungary. It has also been adapted to film and radio. The German-language version from 1928 entered the public domain in the US in 2024.
The Threepenny Opera: Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. With Rudolf Forster, Albert Préjean, Florelle, Carola Neher. The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath.
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- Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Not Rated
- Rudolf Forster, Lotte Lenya, Carola Neher
Set in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, The Threepenny Opera follows underworld antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) as he tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities.
- Mackie Messer
Synopsis. Prologue. After the overture, the Street Singer comes onstage with a barrel organ and sings of the crimes of the notorious bandit and womanizer Macheath, Mack the Knife (“Ballad of Mack the Knife”). The setting is a fair in Soho (London), just before Queen Victoria’s coronation.
Starring Rudolf Forster, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel. The sly melodies of composer Kurt Weill and the daring of dramatist Bertolt Brecht come together on-screen under the direction of German auteur G. W. Pabst (PANDORA’S BOX) in this classic adaptation of the Weimar-era theatrical sensation.
The Threepenny Opera | Current | The Criterion Collection. By Anneliese Varaldiev. Jun 13, 1988. T he merits of The Threepenny Opera as a film have, in the past, been much overshadowed by the political and legal controversy surrounding the project.
