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The Threepenny Opera

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The Threepenny Opera
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NR,1hr 47min
Genre:
Musical
Release:
1931
Director:
G.W. Pabst
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Rudolf Forster, Margo Lion, Carola Neher  ...more
Synopsis: Filmmaker G.W. Pabst's adaptation of Bertoldt Brecht and Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera (Die Dreisgoschenoper) is every bit as good as the stage original, and sometimes even better. Filmed in both German and French versions with different casts (a planned English-language version was abandoned), Threepenny is most readily available today in its German incarnation. Rudolf Forster stars as robber captain MacHeath -- aka Mackie Messer, or Mack the Knife -- who falls in love with Polly (Carola Neher), ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Librettist Bertolt Brecht was understandably upset with the considerable liberties taken in transferring his and Kurt Weill's monumental The Threepenny Opera to the screen. Still, while director G.W. Pabst and his collaborators may have altered too much of the material (including cutting some of the score's most memorable numbers) and may have (perhaps inevitably) changed the theatrical tone of the ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Rudolf Forster
Mackie Messer
Margo Lion
Jenny
Carola Neher
Polly Peachum
Albert Prejean
Mackie Messer
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