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In 19th century London, Macheath — known as Mackie Messer ("Mack the Knife") — is a Soho crime lord whose former lover is Jenny, a prostitute in a brothel on Turnbridge Street. On first meeting Polly Peachum, however, he persuades her to marry him.
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.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- 1933-12-08
The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper [diː dʁaɪˈɡʁɔʃn̩ˌʔoːpɐ]) is a German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, The Beggar's Opera, and four ballads by François Villon, with music by Kurt Weill. Although there is debate as to ...
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
Three Penny Opera: Directed by Wolfgang Staudte. With Curd Jürgens, Hildegard Knef, Gert Fröbe, Hilde Hildebrand. 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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- Drama, Musical
- Wolfgang Staudte
- 1968-02-21
Watch The Threepenny Opera with a subscription on Max. The satiric 1928 Brecht-Weill stage production formed the basis for this tale of a daring turn-of-the-century gangster.
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- Musical
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Jun 13, 1988 · Although reviewers have sometimes criticized the director's “romanticizing” of Brecht's material, film historians have recognized The Threepenny Opera as one of the last great works of German cinema's richest period.
