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The Threepenny Opera

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on BBC Two England

G.W. Pabst's screen adaptation of the classic musical drama by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, starring Rudolf Forster

Polly Peachum, daughter of the beggar king of London, vows revenge after she is seduced by the dashing reprobate Mack.
In German with English subtitles.
(1931) ****
(Black and white)
See Films: pages 54-59

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Director:
G.W. [Georg Wilhelm ] Pabst
Based on the musical drama by:
Bertolt Brecht
Based on the musical drama by:
Kurt Weill
[Actor]:
Rudolf Forster
Source: Radio Times

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