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World Cinema: The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper)

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on BBC Two England

The first of three films by the famous German director Georg W. Pabst

Lotte Lenya herself sings Kurt Weill's songs in Pabst's classic version of The Threepenny Opera. Based on The Beggar's Opera, Bertolt Brecht's musical satire is set in a fantasy Soho ruled by the famous underworld character Mack the Knife.
(This Week's Films: page 9. This Week's Sounds: page 11)

Contributors

Director:
Georg W. Pabst
Mackie Messer:
Rudolf Forster
Polly Peachum:
Carola Neher
Tiger Brown:
Reinhold Schunzel
Peachum:
Fritz Rasp
Mrs Peachum,:
Valeska Gert
Jenny:
Lotte Lenya
The Parson:
Hermann Thimig
The Street Singer:
Ernest Busch
Smith:
Vladimir Sokolov
Mackie Messer's Gang:
Paul Kemp
Mackie Messer's Gang:
Gustav Puttjer
Mackie Messer's Gang:
Oscar Hocker
Mackie Messer's Gang:
Kraft Raschig
Filch:
Herbert Grunbaum
Source: Radio Times

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