Music
German Empire,
1931, 112 min
Directed by:
Georg Wilhelm PabstComposer:
Kurt WeillCast:
Reinhold Schünzel, Fritz Rasp, Lotte Lenya, Gustav Püttjer, Vladimir Sokoloff, Hermann Thimig, Marcel Merminod, Paul Kemp, Oskar Höcker, Sylvia Torf (more)VOD (2)
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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 its palpable evocation of corruption and dread, Pabst's Threepenny Opera remains a benchmark of early sound cinema. (official distributor synopsis)
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