DVD
The 3 penny opera = Die 3groschenoper
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Special ed. ; Full screen version.
Languages
Sung in German ; with optional English subtitles.
Performers
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) ; Vladimir Sokoloff (Smith).
Publication Information
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2007.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Added Uniform Title
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"--Container.
Notes
Title from opening frames.
Based on the play "Threepenny opera" by Bertolt Brecht which was based on John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera."
Originally released as a motion picture in 1931.
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.
Contents
- Disc One. Feature film ; Audio commentary ; Documentary
- Disc Two. French language version ; Presentation ; Archival view ; Galleries of production photos.
Subjects
- Criminals > England > London > History > 19th century > Drama.
- Poor > England > London > History > 19th century > Drama.
- Social conflict > Drama.
- Operas > Film adaptations.
- Soho (London, England) > Moral conditions > Drama.
- Gay, John, 1685-1732 > Film adaptations.
- Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950 > Film adaptations.
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 > Film adaptations.