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Special ed. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 405 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 405.
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| System Details |
DVD ; NTSC ; Region 1 ; full screen (4:3) presentation ; aspect ratio 1.19:1; Dolby Digital Mono sound. |
| Note |
Title from opening frames. |
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Based on the play "Threepenny opera" by Bertolt Brecht which was based on John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera." |
| 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 Straßensänger) ; Wladimir Sokoloff (Smith). |
| Credits |
Photography, F.A. Wagner ; edited by Hans Oser. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1931. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| Contents |
Disc One. Feature film ; Audio commentary ; Documentary -- Disc Two. French language version ; Presentation ; Archival view ; Galleries of production photos. |
| Language |
Sung in German ; with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Gay, John, 1685-1732 -- Film adaptations.
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Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950 -- Film adaptations.
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Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 -- Film adaptations.
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Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. (OCoLC)fst00031391
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Gay, John, 1685-1732. (OCoLC)fst00053455
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Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. (OCoLC)fst00007430
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899
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| Subject |
Criminals -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
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Poor -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
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Social conflict -- Drama.
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Operas -- Film adaptations.
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Criminals. (OCoLC)fst00883516
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Moral conditions. (OCoLC)fst01026043
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Operas. (OCoLC)fst01046191
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Poor. (OCoLC)fst01071040
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Social conflict. (OCoLC)fst01122378
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Soho (London, England) -- Moral conditions -- Drama.
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England -- London.
(OCoLC)fst01204271
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England -- London -- Soho.
(OCoLC)fst01323444
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| Genre/Form |
Fantasy films.
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Opera films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Fantasy -- Feature.
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Adaptation -- Feature.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Lania, Leo, 1896-1961, author of screenplay.
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Vajda, Ladislaus, 1877-1933, author of screenplay.
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Balázs, Béla, 1884-1949, author of screenplay.
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Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm), 1885-1967, director.
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Nebenzal, Seymour, producer.
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Forster, Rudolf, 1884-1968, singer, actor.
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Neher, Carola, 1900-1942, singer, actor.
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Schünzel, Reinhold, 1888-1954, singer, actor.
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Rasp, Fritz, 1891-1976, singer, actor.
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Gert, Valeska, singer, actor.
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Lenya, Lotte, singer, actor.
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Thimig, Hermann, 1890-1982, singer, actor.
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Busch, Ernst, 1900-1980, singer, actor.
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Sokoloff, Vladimir, 1889-1962, singer, actor.
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Wagner, Fritz Arno, 1894-1958, photographer.
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Oser, Jean, 1908-2002, film editor.
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Andrejew, André, 1899-1966.
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Casparius, Hans.
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Térac, Solange.
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Mauprey, André.
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Préjean, Albert.
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Florelle, 1898-1974.
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Modot, Gaston, 1887-1970.
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Lion, Margo, 1899-1989.
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Bathrick, David.
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Rentschler, Eric.
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O'Brien, Charles, 1955-
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Rayns, Tony.
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Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Dreigroschenoper.
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Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
Dreigroschenoper.
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Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Beggar's opera.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
3groschenoper |
| Added Title |
Dreigroschenoper |
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Threepenny opera |
| Note |
Threepenny opera |
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Three penny opera |
| Added Title |
Opéra de quat'sous (Motion picture : 1931)
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Opéra de quat'sous.
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| ISBN |
1934121835 |
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9781934121832 |
| Standard No. |
715515025720 |
| Music No. |
CC1713D Criterion Collection |
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