The Threepenny opera
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In Victorian London, Mack the Knife, gentleman and thief, is loved by Jenny, his favorite whore, by Polly Peachum, daughter of the Beggar King and by Lucy, the jailor's daughter. Pabst's satirical treatment of this 19th-century underworld with its pimps, prostitutes and thieves draws comparisons with Germany in the 1920's. (Does not circulate)
Credits
- Directed by
- Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Written by
- Ladislaus Vajda, Béla Balázs, Léo Lania
- Cast
- Reinhold Schünzel, Valeska Gert, Carola Neher, Hermann Thimig, Rudolf Forster, Paul Kemp, Fritz Rasp, Lotte Lenya, Margo Lion, Vladimir Sokoloff, Ernst Busch, Bill-Bocketts, Florelle, Jacques Henley, Albert Préjean, Antonin Artaud, Gaston Modot
- Produced by
- Seymour Nebenzal
- Cinematography
- Fritz Arno Wagner
- Music
- Kurt Weill
- Edited by
- Jean Oser
Complete catalog record
In Victorian London, Mack the Knife, gentleman and thief, is loved by Jenny, his favorite whore, by Polly Peachum, daughter of the Beggar King and by Lucy, the jailor's daughter. Pabst's satirical treatment of this 19th-century underworld with its pimps, prostitutes and thieves draws comparisons with Germany in the 1920's. (Does not circulate)
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