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Die 3 groschen Oper : The 3 penny opera /

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German film reconstructed in the 1960s, years after the Nazis destroyed the original negative. 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...

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Uniform Title:Dreigroschenoper (Motion picture : 1931)
Corporate Authors: Nero-Film A.G, Janus Films, Home Vision (Firm)
Other Authors: Forster, Rudolf, 1884-1968, Neher, Carola, 1900-1942, Lenya, Lotte, Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm), 1885-1967, Balázs, Béla, 1884-1949, Lania, Leo, 1896-1961, Vajda, Ladislao, 1906-1965, Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950, Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956, Gay, John, 1685-1732
Format: Video VHS
Language:German
Language Notes:German dialogue with English subtitles.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Janus Films : [between 1980 and 1989?]
Subjects:
Foreign films.
Musical films.
Motion pictures, German.
Feature films.
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Summary:German film reconstructed in the 1960s, years after the Nazis destroyed the original negative. 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. Favorites from Weill's music score include Moritat, which became the 1957 pop hit Mack the Knife, and Pirate Jenny.
Item Description:Videocassette release of the 1931 motion picture.
Adapted from the play by Bertolt Brecht ; based on The beggar's opera by John Gay.
Copyright statement on cassette label: Nero/Tobis Klangfilm, MCMXXXI.
A foreign film (Germany).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Awards:"One of the ten best films of all time, 1952 Cinematheque Belgique International Poll"--Container.
Production Credits:Photography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; musical direction, Theo. Mackeben ; English titles, Herman G. Weinberg ; music, Kurt Weill.
ISBN:0780014626