The Threepenny Opera Movie Review 1931

A musical about the exploits of gangster Mack the Knife. Adapted from Bertolt Brecht's play and John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera." In German with English subtitles.

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Available on VHS
Running time 107 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musicals, Organized Crime, Adapted from a Musical

Screenplay

Ladislao Vajda, Bela Balazs, Leo Lania

Cast

Rudolph Forster, Lotte Lenya, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schunzel, Fritz Rasp, Valeska Gert, Ernst Busch

Cinematography

Fritz Arno Wagner

Director

G.W. Pabst

Music

Kurt Weill