Three Penny Opera
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Wolfgang Staudte
Director
Sammy Davis Jr.
Ballad singer
Curd Jürgens
Macheath
June Ritchie
Polly Peachum
Hildegard Knef
Pirate Jenny
Marlene Warrlich
Lucy Brown
Film Details
Also Known As
Die Dreigroschenoper
Genre
Adaptation
Musical
Release Date
Jan
1964
Premiere Information
Detroit opening: 14 Oct 1964
Production Company
C. E. C.; Kurt Ulrich Film
Distribution Company
Embassy Pictures
Country
France
Screenplay Information
Based on the opera Die Dreigroschenoper , book and libretto by Berthold Brecht, music by Kurt Weill (Berlin, 13 Oct 1928), which was based on the play The Beggars's Opera by John Gay (London, 29 Jan 1728).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 30m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White, Color (Eastmancolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Synopsis
Macheath, chief of the London bandits, marries Polly Peachum, daughter of the beggar king. Enraged, Mr. and Mrs. Peachum arrange to have the thief arrested by his reluctant friend, police inspector Tiger Brown. Accordingly, the couple persuades Macheath's former mistress, the whore Pirate Jenny, to betray him. Although sentenced to die, Macheath is pardoned by the queen on her coronation day.
Director
Wolfgang Staudte
Director
Cast
Sammy Davis Jr.
Ballad singer
Curd Jürgens
Macheath
June Ritchie
Polly Peachum
Hildegard Knef
Pirate Jenny
Marlene Warrlich
Lucy Brown
Lino Ventura
Tiger Brown
Gert Fröbe
Peachum
Hilde Hildebrandt
Mrs. Peachum
Walter Giller
Filch
Hans W. Hamacher
Henning Schlüter
Hans Reiser
Siegfried Wischnewski
Walter Feuchtenberg
Stanislav Ledinek
Martin Berliner
Max Strassberg
Stefan Wigger
Robert Manuel
Jürgen Feindt
Adeline Wagner
Erna Haffner
Celssia Wade
Jacqueline Pierreux
Crew
Marc Blitzstein
English text
Erwin Dräger
Music scoring
Roger Fellous
Director of Photography
Hein Heckroth
Set Decoration
Hein Heckroth
Costume Design
Karl Helmer
Music scoring
Dick Price
Choreography
Peter Sandloff
Music Director
Fritz Schwarz
Sound
Wolfgang Staudte
Screenwriter
Kurt Ulrich
Producer
Wolfgang Wehrum
Film Editor
Günter Weisenborn
Screenwriter
Heinz Willeg
Production Manager
Film Details
Also Known As
Die Dreigroschenoper
Genre
Adaptation
Musical
Release Date
Jan
1964
Premiere Information
Detroit opening: 14 Oct 1964
Production Company
C. E. C.; Kurt Ulrich Film
Distribution Company
Embassy Pictures
Country
France
Screenplay Information
Based on the opera Die Dreigroschenoper , book and libretto by Berthold Brecht, music by Kurt Weill (Berlin, 13 Oct 1928), which was based on the play The Beggars's Opera by John Gay (London, 29 Jan 1728).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 30m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White, Color (Eastmancolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Opened in Munich in February 1963 as Die Dreigroschenoper; running time: 124 min.
