Other author/creator | Lania, Leo, 1896-1961, screenwriter. |
Other author/creator | Vajda, Ladislaus, 1877-1933, screenwriter. |
Other author/creator | Balázs, Béla, 1884-1949 screenwriter. |
Other author/creator | Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm), 1885-1967 director. |
Other author/creator | Nebenzal, Seymour, producer. |
Other author/creator | Forster, Rudolf, 1884-1968, singer, actor. |
Other author/creator | Neher, Carola, 1900-1942 singer, actor. |
Other author/creator | Schünzel, Reinhold, 1888-1954, singer, actor. |
Other author/creator | Rasp, Fritz, 1891-1976 singer, actor. |
Other author/creator | Gert, Valeska singer, actor. |
Other author/creator | Lenya, Lotte singer, actor. |
Other author/creator | Thimig, Hermann, 1890-1982, singer, actor. |
Other author/creator | Busch, Ernst, 1900-1980, singer, actor. |
Other author/creator | Sokoloff, Vladimir, 1889-1962 singer, actor. |
Other author/creator | Wagner, Fritz Arno, 1894-1958 photographer. |
Other author/creator | Oser, Jean, 1908-2002, film editor. |
Other author/creator | Andrejew, André, 1899-1966. |
Other author/creator | Casparius, Hans. |
Other author/creator | Térac, Solange. |
Other author/creator | Mauprey, André. |
Other author/creator | Préjean, Albert. |
Other author/creator | Florelle, 1898-1974. |
Other author/creator | Modot, Gaston, 1887-1970. |
Other author/creator | Lion, Margo, 1899-1989. |
Other author/creator | Bathrick, David. |
Other author/creator | Rentschler, Eric. |
Other author/creator | O'Brien, Charles, 1955- |
Other author/creator | Rayns, Tony. |
Other author/creator | Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Dreigroschenoper. |
Other author/creator | Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Dreigroschenoper. |
Other author/creator | Gay, John, 1685-1732. Beggar's opera. |
Other author/creator | Janus Films. |
Other author/creator | Criterion Collection (Firm) |
Uniform title | Dreigroschenoper (Motion picture : 1931) |
Variant title |
Dreigroschenoper |
Parallel title |
Threepenny opera |
Variant title |
Container title: 3 penny opera |
Series |
The Criterion collection ; 405 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 405. ^A506835
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Contents |
Disc One. Feature film ; Audio commentary ; Documentary -- Disc Two. French language version ; Presentation ; Archival view ; Galleries of production photos. |
Abstract |
"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. |
General note | Title from opening frames. |
General note | Based on the play "Threepenny opera" by Bertolt Brecht which was based on John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera." |
General note | Originally released as a motion picture in 1931. |
General 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. |
Credits | Photography, F.A. Wagner ; edited by Hans Oser. |
Cast |
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 Stra�nsänger) ; Wladimir Sokoloff (Smith). |
Technical details | DVD ; NTSC ; Region 1 ; full screen (4:3) presentation ; aspect ratio 1.19:1; Dolby Digital Mono sound. |
Language | Sung in German ; with optional English subtitles. |
Genre/form | Fantasy Feature. |
Genre/form | Adaptation Feature. |
Genre/form | Fantasy films. |
Genre/form | Fantasy films. |
Genre/form | Opera films. |
Genre/form | Feature films. |
Genre/form | Fiction films. |
Genre/form | Film adaptations. |
Contains title |
Opéra de quat'sous (Motion picture : 1931) |
Other title | Opéra de quat'sous. |
ISBN | 1934121835 |
ISBN | 9781934121832 |
UPC |
715515025720 |
Publisher number | CC1713D Criterion Collection |
Stock number | Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com |