Dreigroschen Oper/Threepenny Opera Movie Review 1931

Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht operetta about Mack the Knife, the Beggar King, and other lowlife denizens of early 19th century London. Social satire in influential jazz idiom. Lenya (Weill's wife) is outstanding as Pirate Jenny. Adapted for the screen by Bela Balazs. In German with English subtitles.

Distribution

German Language Video Center, 7625 Pendleton Pike, Indianapolis, IN 46226-5298, Phone: (317)547-1257, Fax: (317)547-1263, Email: glve@indy.net, URL: http://www.germanvideo.com

Available on VHS
Running time 113 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical--Drama, Classic Films

Cast

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

Cinematography

Fritz Arno Wagner

Director

G.W. Pabst

Producer

Warner, Tobis Klangfilm, Nero