Die 3 Groschen Oper [Videorecording] = The 3 penny opera / Nero-Film.

Contributor(s): Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm), 1885-1967 | Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Dreigroschenoper | Bal�azs, B�ela, 1884-1949 | Lania, Leo, 1896-1961 | Vajda, Ladislaus, 1906- | Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950 | Lenya, Lotte | Forster, Rudolf, 1884-1968 | Neher, Carola, 1900-1942 | Nero-Film A.GMaterial type: FilmFilmReference number:31009604Language: German Summary language: English Publication details: [New York] : Video Dimensions, [198-?] Description: 1 videocassette (Beta) (107 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 inOther title: 3 penny operaUniform titles: Dreigroschenoper. | Beggar's opera. Subject(s): Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 -- Film and video adaptations | Feature films | Musical filmsProduction credits: Produced by Seymour Nebenzal ; directed by G.W. Pabst ; screenplay by Leo Lania, Ladislas Vajda, B�ela Bal�azs ; photography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; music, Kurt Weill.Cast: Rudolf Forster, Carola Nehr, Lotte Lenya, Fritz Rasp, Valeska Gert, Reinhold Schwenzel, Herman Thimig.Summary: Social satire set in Victorian London in which both government and underworld are portrayed as amoral and polluted by economic and political chaos. Polly Peachum, daughter of the king of the beggars, with the help of Mackie Messer and his gang, opens a bank in the belief that legal thievery is more profitable than larceny. In the end, Polly's father, Mackie, and the corrupt police commissioner become partners in the bank and mainstays of society.
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SHELVED AS: Three penny opera.

Beta format.

German dialogue, English subtitles.

Originally issued as a motion picture in 1931.

Adapted from the musical play of the same title by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, which was based on The beggars' opera by John Gay.

Title on container and cassette label: The Threepenny Opera.

Produced by Seymour Nebenzal ; directed by G.W. Pabst ; screenplay by Leo Lania, Ladislas Vajda, B�ela Bal�azs ; photography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; music, Kurt Weill.

Rudolf Forster, Carola Nehr, Lotte Lenya, Fritz Rasp, Valeska Gert, Reinhold Schwenzel, Herman Thimig.

Social satire set in Victorian London in which both government and underworld are portrayed as amoral and polluted by economic and political chaos. Polly Peachum, daughter of the king of the beggars, with the help of Mackie Messer and his gang, opens a bank in the belief that legal thievery is more profitable than larceny. In the end, Polly's father, Mackie, and the corrupt police commissioner become partners in the bank and mainstays of society.

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