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Title Die 3 groschenoper = The 3 penny opera / [Warner Bros. Pictures ; in association with Tobis Filmkunst] ; Thomas J. Brandon presents ; produced by S. Nebenzahl ; screenplay by Léo Lania, Ladislaus Vajda and Béla Balázs ; directed by G. W. Pabst.

Publication Info. [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
©2007

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 Moore Video  PN1997 .D744 2007  dvd 1-2    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 2 DVDs (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Physical Medium monochrome
Description digital
optical
mono
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Series The Criterion collection ; 405
Criterion collection ; 405.
Note The
System Details DVD, NTSC ; region 1 ; full scree presentation (aspect ratio 1.19:1) ; Dolby digital mono.
Cast Lotte Lenya, Rudolph Forster, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel, Fritz Rasp, Valeska Gert, Hermann Thimig, Ernst Busch, Vladimir Sokoloff.
Credits Photography, F.A. Wagner ; edited by Hans Oser ; music by Kurt Weill.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 1931; It was restored in 2006 for the film's 75th anniversary.
Based on the play "Threepenny opera" by Bertolt Brecht which was based on John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera."
Summary "Set in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, The threepenny opera follows underworld antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) as he tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities. With a palpable evocation of corruption and dread, set to Weill's irresistible score, The threepenny opera remains a benchmark of early sound cinema." -- container.
Note Special features: restored high-definition digital transfer ; audio commentary by scholars David Bathrick and Eric Rentschler ; archival introduction by stars Fritz Rasp and Ernst Busch ; documentary tracing The threepenny opera's journey from stage to screen ; Pabst's French language version of the film, L'opéra de quat'sous, adapted by Solange Térac with dialogue by André Mauprey, starring Albert Préjean, Florelle, Gaston Modot and Margo Lion ; a multimedia presentation by film scholar Charles O'Brien on the differences between the versions ; archival interview with Fritz Rasp ; galleries of production photos by Hans Casparius and production sketches by art director Andrej Andrejew ; a new essay by film critic Tony Rayns.
Language In German ; with optional English subtitles.
Subject Gay, John, 1685-1732 -- Film adaptations.
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Genre/Form Film adaptations.
Subject Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950 -- Film adaptations.
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 -- Film adaptations.
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
Criminals -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
Criminals.
England -- London.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Poor -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
Poor.
Social conflict -- Drama.
Social conflict.
Soho (London, England) -- Moral conditions -- Drama.
Genre/Form Fantasy films.
Fantasy films.
Motion pictures, German.
Subject Foreign films -- Germany.
Foreign films.
Germany.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Feature films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Added Author Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm), 1885-1967.
Lania, Leo, 1896-1961.
Vajda, Ladislao, 1906-1965.
Balázs, Béla, 1884-1949.
Nebenzal, Seymour.
Brandon, Thomas.
Lenya, Lotte.
Forster, Rudolf, 1884-1968.
Neher, Carola, 1900-1942.
Schünzel, Reinhold, 1888-1954.
Rasp, Fritz, 1891-1976.
Gert, Valeska.
Thimig, Hermann, 1890-1982.
Busch, Ernst, 1900-1980.
Sokoloff, Vladimir, 1889-1962.
Wagner, Fritz Arno, 1894-1958.
Oser, Hans.
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Andrejew, André, 1899-1966.
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Dreigroschenoper.
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Dreigroschenoper.
Gay, John, 1685-1732. Beggar's opera.
Casparius, Hans.
Térac, Solange.
Mauprey, André.
Préjean, Albert.
Florelle, 1898-1974.
Modot, Gaston, 1887-1970.
Lion, Margo, 1899-1989.
Bathrick, David.
Rentschler, Eric.
O'Brien, Charles, 1955-
Rayns, Tony.
Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
Tobis Filmkunst GmbH.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Added Title Dreigroschenoper (Motion picture : 1931) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98086684
3 penny opera
Dreigroschenoper
Threepenny opera
Opéra de quat'sous.
ISBN 1934121835
9781934121832
Standard No. 715515025720
00715515025720
Music No. CC1713D Criterion Collection