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The threepenny opera

Title
The threepenny opera [videorecording] / [original film producer] S. Nebenzal, Nero/Tobis-Klangfilm ; adapted from the play by Bertolt Brecht ; [based on The beggar's opera by John Gay] ; screenplay by Leo Lania, Ladislaus Vajda, and Bela Balazs ; music by Kurt Weill ; directed by G. W. Pabst ; [film restoration presented by] Thomas J. Brandon ; [video producer] Janus Films/Public Media/Home Vision.
Publication
c1984

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Additional Authors
  • Nebenzal, Seymour
  • Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
  • Gay, John, 1685-1732.
  • Lania, Leo, 1896-1961
  • Vajda, Ladislaus, 1906-
  • Balázs, Béla, 1884-1949
  • Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
  • Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm), 1885-1967
  • Brandon, Thomas J.
  • Wagner, Frederick A
  • Oser, Hans
  • Andrejew, André, 1899-1966
  • Jansen, Adolf
  • Mackeben, Theo, 1897-1953
  • Weinberg, Herman G
  • Forster, Rudolf, 1884-1968
  • Neher, Carola, 1900-1942
  • Schünzel, Reinhold, 1888-1954
  • Rasp, Fritz, 1891-1976
  • Gert, Valeska
  • Lenya, Lotte
  • Thimig, Hermann, 1890-1982
  • Busch, Ernst, 1900-1980
  • Sokoloff, Vladimir, 1889-1962
  • Kemp, Paul
  • Püttjer, Gustav
  • Höcker, Oskar
  • Raschig, Krafft
  • Grünbaum, Herbert
  • Nero-Film A.G, producer.
  • Janus Films.
  • Public Media Home Vision.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (113 min.) : sd., b&w, SP; 1/2 in.
Alternative Title
  • 3 Groschen Oper
  • 3 penny opera
  • 3groschenoper
Subjects
Note
  • "In the fateful year of 1931, on the eve of Hitler's seizure of power, a brilliantly talented and courageous group in Berlin produced an historic motion picture, freely adapted from the enormously popular Brecht-Weill '3 penny opera'...After many years of search, a complete negative was found --the original negative and all prints having been destroyed by the Nazis."--Prologue.
  • Videocassette release of the 1931 motion picture.
  • The source material for this film, the 1928 stage musical The threepenny opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, was loosely based on the play The beggars' opera by John Gay (1685-1732).
Credits (note)
  • Photography by F. A. Wagner ; editing by Hans Oser ; art direction by Andrej Andrejew ; sound by Adolf Jansen ; musical direction by Theo Mackeben ; English subtitles by Herman G. Weinberg.
Performer (note)
  • Rudolf Forster, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel, Fritz Rasp, Valeska Gert, Lotte Lenya, Hermann Thimig, Ernst Busch, Vladimir Sokoloff, Paul Kemp, Gustav Püttjer, Oskar Höcker, Krafft-Raschig, Herbert Grünbaum.
Language (note)
  • In German, with English subtitles.
Call Number
NCOX 1550
OCLC
NYPG01-F38
Title
The threepenny opera [videorecording] / [original film producer] S. Nebenzal, Nero/Tobis-Klangfilm ; adapted from the play by Bertolt Brecht ; [based on The beggar's opera by John Gay] ; screenplay by Leo Lania, Ladislaus Vajda, and Bela Balazs ; music by Kurt Weill ; directed by G. W. Pabst ; [film restoration presented by] Thomas J. Brandon ; [video producer] Janus Films/Public Media/Home Vision.
Imprint
c1984
Credits
Photography by F. A. Wagner ; editing by Hans Oser ; art direction by Andrej Andrejew ; sound by Adolf Jansen ; musical direction by Theo Mackeben ; English subtitles by Herman G. Weinberg.
Cast
Rudolf Forster, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel, Fritz Rasp, Valeska Gert, Lotte Lenya, Hermann Thimig, Ernst Busch, Vladimir Sokoloff, Paul Kemp, Gustav Püttjer, Oskar Höcker, Krafft-Raschig, Herbert Grünbaum.
Language
In German, with English subtitles.
Local Note
Purchased by the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
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Added Author
Nebenzal, Seymour, film producer.
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Lania, Leo, 1896-1961, adapter.
Vajda, Ladislaus, 1906- adapter.
Balázs, Béla, 1884-1949, adapter.
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Dreigroschenoper.
Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm), 1885-1967, film director.
Brandon, Thomas J.
Wagner, Frederick A, director of photography.
Oser, Hans, editor of moving image work.
Andrejew, André, 1899-1966, art director.
Jansen, Adolf, sound recordist.
Mackeben, Theo, 1897-1953, musical direction.
Weinberg, Herman G, translator.
Forster, Rudolf, 1884-1968, performer.
Neher, Carola, 1900-1942, performer.
Schünzel, Reinhold, 1888-1954, performer.
Rasp, Fritz, 1891-1976, performer.
Gert, Valeska, performer.
Lenya, Lotte, performer.
Thimig, Hermann, 1890-1982, performer.
Busch, Ernst, 1900-1980, performer.
Sokoloff, Vladimir, 1889-1962, performer.
Kemp, Paul, performer.
Püttjer, Gustav, performer.
Höcker, Oskar, performer.
Raschig, Krafft, performer.
Grünbaum, Herbert, performer.
Nero-Film A.G, producer.
Janus Films.
Public Media Home Vision.
Research Call Number
NCOX 1550
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