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The Threepenny Opera

1933·1h 44m·Not Rated
DramaMusicalCrimeComedy
IMDb Rating
★ 7.2/10
2,739 votes

The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.

The Threepenny Opera is a 1933 drama musical movie directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, starring Rudolf Forster, Lotte Lenya, Carola Neher. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.2/10 from 2,739 votes and runs 1h 44m.

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Director
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Stars
Rudolf Forster
Lotte Lenya
Carola Neher
Reinhold Schünzel
Details
1933-12-08
104 min
Movie
Not Rated
★ Germany, United States
★ German, French
Keywords
satire comedyprotest marchthiefbrothelbased on stage musicalsocial inequalityvillain as protagonistcrowningbankpolice chiefprostituteanti heropovertyprisonadulterydeath sentencebanned for political reasonsratbased on playbrechtianpolicebrothel raidwedding partyescape from prisonbank ownerbeggar clansatiredaughter