| Description |
1 videocassette (113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in. |
| Physical Medium |
1/2 in. |
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monochrome |
| Description |
analog |
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magnetic |
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VHS |
| Series |
Home Vision cinema
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Home Vision cinema.
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| Note |
Based on The beggar's opera by John Gay. |
| Cast |
Rudolph Foerster [i.e. Forster], Carola Nehr [i.e. Neher], Lotte Lenya, Fritz Rasp, Valeska Gert, Reinhold Schuenzel, Herman Thimig, Ernst Busch, Vladimir Sokolov, Paul Kemp, Gustav Puettjer, Oscar Hoecker, Kraft Raschig, Herman Gruenbaum. |
| Credits |
Photography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; musical direction, Theo. Mackeben ; English titles, Herman G. Weinberg ; music, Kurt Weil [i.e. Weill]. |
| Note |
Copyright statement on cassette label: Nero/Tobis Klangfilm, MCMXXXI. |
| System Details |
VHS format. |
| Note |
Videocassette version of a motion picture released in 1931. Newly remastered with new subtitles. |
| Summary |
German film reconstructed in the 1960s, years after the Nazis destroyed the original negative. Combines realism and expressionism for a biting satire of "respectable" society. Set in Victorian London in which both government and underworld are portrayed as amoral and polluted by economic and political chaos. A dashing thief called Mack the Knife gets away with robbery on a daily basis until he marries Polly Peachum, daughter of the king of the beggars. When the outraged king sends a force of crooked cops after Mack, the bandit must run for his life. Favorites from Weill's music score include Moritat, which became the 1957 pop hit Mack the Knife, and Pirate Jenny. |
| Awards |
"One of the ten best films of all time, 1952 Cinematheque Belgique International Poll"--Container. |
| Language |
In German with English subtitles. |
| Genre/Form |
Musicals.
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Musicals.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Brandon, Thomas J.
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Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm), 1885-1967.
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Lania, Leo, 1896-1961.
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Vajda, Ladislao, 1906-1965.
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Balázs, Béla, 1884-1949.
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Lenya, Lotte.
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Forster, Rudolf, 1884-1968.
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Neher, Carola, 1900-1942.
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Rasp, Fritz, 1891-1976.
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Gert, Valeska.
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Mackeben, Theo, 1897-1953.
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Wagner, Fritz Arno, 1894-1958.
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Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
Dreigroschenoper.
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Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Beggar's opera.
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Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Dreigroschenoper.
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Janus Films.
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Home Vision (Firm)
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Nero-Film A.G.
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| Added Title |
Dreigroschen Oper |
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Dreigroschenoper |
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3 penny opera |
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Three penny opera |
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Threepenny opera |
| Note |
Title on cassette: G.W. Pabst's The threepenny opera |
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Title on container: Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's The threepenny opera |
| ISBN |
0780014626 |
| Music No. |
THR110 Home Vision |
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