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    The 3 Penny Opera

    1956 · Crime · 1h 52m

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  1. 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.

  2. 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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    • Comedy, Crime, Drama
    • Georg Wilhelm Pabst
    • 1933-12-08
  3. 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.

  4. 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.

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  5. Fritz Rasp. Peachum. Carola Neher. Polly. Reinhold Schünzel. Tiger-Brown. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. The satiric 1928 Brecht-Weill stage production formed the basis...

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    • Lotte Lenya
    • Georg Wilhelm Pabst
    • Musical
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  7. Jul 28, 1997 · Film. Reviews. Jul 28, 1997 12:00am PT. The Three Penny Opera. Nearly 70 years after its debut, "The Threepenny Opera" retains its cunning lethal edge, its cynical social commentary...

  8. May 18, 2018 · PLOT SUMMARY. CHARACTERS. THEMES. STYLE. HISTORICAL CONTEXT. CRITICAL OVERVIEW. CRITICISM. SOURCES. FURTHER READING. Bertolt Brecht ’s 1928 play The Threepenny Opera was his most financially successful play and the work with which he is most closely identified.

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