Die 3groschenoper : The threepenny opera

Resource Information

The work Die 3groschenoper : The threepenny opera represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Die 3groschenoper : The threepenny opera

Title remainder

The threepenny opera

Statement of responsibility

produced by S. Nebenzahl ; screenplay by Léo Lania, Ladislaus Vajda and Béla Balázs ; directed by G. W. Pabst

Creator

• Dreigroschenoper (Motion picture : 1931)

Contributor

• Lion, Margo, 1899-1989
• Mauprey, André
• Modot, Gaston, 1887-1970
• Nebenzal, Seymour
• Neher, Carola, 1900-1942
• O'Brien, Charles, 1955-
• Oser, Jean, 1908-2002
• Pabst, G. W., (Georg Wilhelm), 1885-1967
• Préjean, Albert
• Rasp, Fritz, 1891-1976
• Rayns, Tony
• Rentschler, Eric
• Schünzel, Reinhold, 1888-1954
• Thimig, Hermann, 1890-1982
• Térac, Solange
• Vajda, Ladislao, 1906-1965
• Wagner, Fritz Arno, 1894-1958
• Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950
• Sokoloff, Vladimir, 1889-1962
• Criterion Collection (Firm)
• Janus Films
• Andrejew, André, 1899-1966
• Balázs, Béla, 1884-1949
• Bathrick, David
• Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
• Busch, Ernst, 1900-1980
• Casparius, Hans
• Florelle, 1898-1974
• Forster, Rudolf, 1884-1968
• Gay, John, 1685-1732
• Gert, Valeska
• Lania, Leo, 1896-1961
• Lenya, Lotte

Subject

• Social conflict -- Drama
• Soho (London, England) -- Moral conditions -- Drama
• Poor -- England | London -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
• Criminals -- England | London -- History -- 19th century -- Drama
• DVD-Video discs
• Feature films
• Gay, John, 1685-1732 -- Film adaptations
• Operas -- Film adaptations
• Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 -- Film adaptations

Genre

• Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• DVD-Video discs

Language

• ger
• ger
• eng
• ger

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

Member of

• Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs), 405

Cataloging source

ILO

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Photography, F.A. Wagner ; edited by Hans Oser ; music by Kurt Weill

Dewey number

791.43/72

Language note

In German ; with optional English subtitles

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.D74 2007

PerformerNote

Rudolph Forster (Mackie Messer) ; Carola Neher (Polly) ; Reinhold Schünzel (Tiger Brown) ; Fritz Rasp (Peachum) ; Valeska Gert (Frau Peachum) ; Lotte Lenya (Jenny) ; Hermann Thimig (Der Pfarrer) ; Ernst Busch (Der Strassensänger) ; Wladimir Sokoloff (Smith)

Runtime

110

Series statement

The Criterion collection

Series volume

405

Technique

live action