The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
February 18, 1931Release Date
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
February 18, 1931Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Rudolf Forster
Mackie Messer
Lotte Lenya
Jenny
Carola Neher
Polly
Reinhold Schünzel
Tiger-Brown
Albert Préjean
Mackie
Florelle
Polly Peachum
Hermann Thimig
The Vicar
Gaston Modot
Peachum
Ernst Busch
The Street Singer
Margo Lion
Jenny
Vladimir Sokoloff
Smith, the Jailer
Paul Kemp
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Fritz Rasp
Peachum
Valeska Gert
Frau Peachum
Gustav Püttjer
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
G.W. Pabst
Director
Oskar Höcker
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Krafft-Raschig
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Bertolt Brecht
Writer
Léo Lania
Writer
Herbert Grünbaum
Filch
Sylvia Torff
Whorehouse owner
Ladislaus Vajda
Writer
Béla Balázs
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 18, 1931
Original NameDie 3 Groschen-Oper
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
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 (Tobis), 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. As was usual in the early sound film era, Pabst also directed a French language version of the film, L'Opéra de quat'sous, with some variation of plot details (the French title literally translates as "the four penny opera"). A planned English version went unproduced. The two existing versions were released on home video by The Criterion Collection.
The Threepenny Opera differs in significant respects from the play and the internal timeline is somewhat vague. The whole of society is presented as corrupt in one form or another. Only some of the songs from the play are used, in a different order.