The Threepenny Opera (1931)
June 8, 1931Release Date
The Threepenny Opera (1931)
June 8, 1931Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Albert Préjean
Mackie
Rudolf Forster
Mackie Messer
Florelle
Polly Peachum
Lotte Lenya
Jenny
Jacques Henley
Tiger Brown
Gaston Modot
Jeremiah Peachum
Carola Neher
Polly
Margo Lion
Jenny
Reinhold Schünzel
Tiger-Brown
Antonin Artaud
Un mendiant
Lucy de Matha
Mme. Peachum
Vladimir Sokoloff
Smith
Henri Rust
Editor
Fritz Arno Wagner
Camera Operator / Cinematography
Bertolt Brecht
Writer / Lyricist
G.W. Pabst
Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 8, 1931
Original NameL'Opéra de quat'sous
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Genres
Wiki.
The Threepenny Opera (German: Die 3 Groschen-Oper) is a 1931 German musical film directed by G. W. Pabst. Produced by Seymour Nebenzal's Nero-Film for Tonbild-Syndikat AG (Tobis), Berlin and Warner Bros. Pictures GmbH, Berlin, the film is loosely based on the 1928 musical theatre success of the same name by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. As was usual in the early sound film era, Pabst also directed a French language version of the film, L'Opéra de quat'sous, with some variation of plot details (the French title literally translates as "the four penny opera"). A planned English version went unproduced. The two existing versions were released on home video by The Criterion Collection.
The Threepenny Opera differs in significant respects from the play and the internal timeline is somewhat vague. The whole of society is presented as corrupt in one form or another. Only some of the songs from the play are used, in a different order.