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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
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.
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
The Threepenny Opera. 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...
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- Lotte Lenya
- Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Musical
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.
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.
