The Beggar's Opera (1991)
1h 34m
Running Time
October 1, 1991Release Date
The Beggar's Opera (1991)
1h 34m
Running Time
October 1, 1991Release Date
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Plot.
Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning with the original hugely successful 1728 political satire written by Englishman John Gay. Composers and writers have penned variations on it ever since. The most famous of these was A Threepenny Opera by Bertholt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Some things these compositions share in common is their setting among the poor and criminal classes, and the roguish character Macheath. This production is based on an adaptation of Gay's original by Vaclav Havel the freedom-fighter, writer and philosopher who became the first (and only) president of the united post-communist country of Czechoslovakia, and it retains many traces of its theatrical origins. Film reviewers were not too tolerant of what they called "slavish adherence" to the noted Czech writer's stage production, but theater, philosophy and history buffs may feel otherwise.
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Cast & Crew.

Josef Abrhám
Macheath

Marián Labuda
Peachum

Nina Divíšková
Elizabeth Peachum

Libuše Šafránková
Jenny

Rudolf Hrušínský
Lockit

Veronika Freimanová
Lucy

Barbora Leichnerová
Polly

Jiří Zahajský
Harry Filch

Oldřich Vízner
Jim

Ondřej Vetchý
Jack

Jeremy Irons
Prisoner

Jana Břežková
Mary Lockit

Kateřina Frýbová
Diana

Mahulena Bočanová
Vicky

Naďa Kotršová
Ingrid

Rudolf Hrušínský
Policeman

Jiří Menzel
Director / Adaptation / Creative Producer / Screenplay

Jan Klusák
Original Music Composer

Jaromír Šofr
Director of Photography

Jiří Brožek
Editor

Jan Šuster
Executive Producer / Production Manager

Eva Kadaňková
First Assistant Director

Monika Maratová
Second Assistant Director

Annika Eisel-Šonka
Second Assistant Director

Eric Chaikin
Second Assistant Director

Zuzana Přibíková
Script Supervisor

Václav Havel
Screenplay / Theatre Play

John Gay
Theatre Play

Pavel Hajný
Dramaturgy

Richard Valenta
Camera Operator

Tomáš Hruška
Camera Operator

Antonín Mařík
Assistant Camera

Karel Havelka
Camera Technician

Zbyněk Hloch
Production Design

Milan Býček
Assistant Production Design

Zuzana Máchová
Lead Costumer

Věra Linhartová
Costumer

Irena Seidlová
Costumer

Bedřich Čermák
Property Master

Jaroslav Lehman
Props

Rudolf Beneš
Props

Miloslav Dvořák
Props

Tomáš Kuchta
Makeup & Hair

Aleš Kocián
Makeup & Hair

Tereza Kolihová
Makeup & Hair

Petr Blažek
Makeup & Hair

Eva Horázná
Assistant Editor

Jiří Hora
Sound

Mstislav Pilný
Sound Assistant

Jan Hadrbolec
Unit Production Manager

Jan Peterka
Production Accountant

Roman Molnár
Assistant Production Manager

Pavel Štěrba
Assistant Production Manager

Eva Blažková
Clapper Loader

Soňa Nemcová
Clapper Loader

Jiří Půlpán
Gaffer

Miloslav Mirvald
Still Photographer

Štěpán Koníček
Conductor

Jiří Zobač
Music Director

Petr Brukner

Ljuba Krbová

Jiří Lír

Jana Švandová

Miloslav Štibich
Details.
Release DateOctober 1, 1991
Original NameŽebrácká opera
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Genres
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