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Title:

Die 3groschenoper [videorecording] = The threepenny opera / musik von [Kurt] Weill ; manuskript, [Leo] Lania, [Ladislao] Vajda, [Bela] Balazs ; regie, G.W. Pabst ; gesamtleitung, S. Nebenzahl ; Janus Films ; Criterion Collection.

Format:

[videorecording] =

Publisher:

Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Subject:

Gay, John,--1685-1732--Film and video adaptations.
Weill, Kurt,--1900-1950--Film and video adaptations.
Brecht, Bertolt,--1898-1956--Film and video adaptations.
Criminals--London--London--History--19th century--Drama.
Poor--London--London--History--19th century--Drama.
Social conflict--Drama.
Soho (London, England)--Moral conditions--Drama.
Operas--Film and video adaptations.
Fantasy--Feature.
Adaptation--Feature.
Fantasy films.
Fantasy films.
Opera films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.

Other Authors:

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

Other Titles:

Opéra de quat'sous (Motion picture : 1931)
Opéra de quat'sous.

Notes:

Based on the play "Threepenny opera" by Bertolt Brecht which was based on John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera." 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). 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.

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.

Series:

The Criterion collection ; 405

ISBN:

9781934121832
1934121835

OCLC:

(OCoLC)173181950

UPC:

715515025720

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)