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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Dreigroschenoper (Motion picture : 1962).
Main Authors: Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950 (Composer), Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Video Images (Firm), Video Yesteryear (Firm), Mad Phat Enterprises
Other Authors: Staudte, Wolfgang, 1906-1984 (Screenwriter, Director), Ulrich, Kurt (Producer), Levine, Joseph E. (Producer), Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990 (Actor), Fröbe, Gert, 1913-1988 (Actor), Jürgens, Curd, 1915-1982 (Actor), Knef, Hildegard, 1925-2002 (Actor), Weisenborn, Günther, 1902-1969 (Screenwriter), Gay, John, 1685-1732
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Dubbed into English.
Published: [United States] : Published by Mad Phat Enterprises, [2007]
Subjects:
Thieves > England > London > Drama.
Bank robberies > England > London > Drama.
Musical films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Motion pictures, German.
Motion pictures, French.
Foreign films.
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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.
Item Description:A 1962 German-French adaptation of Bertold Brecht and Kurt Weill's musical satire, originally based on John Gay's Beggar's opera.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Choreography, Dick Price ; English lyrics, Eric Bentley ; English lyrics for Mack the knife, Marc Blitzstein ; music director, Peter Sandloff ; director of photography, Roger Fellous.