Mackie Messer - Brechts Dreigroschenfilm
Mack the Knife – Brecht's Threepenny Film
Following the phenomenal worldwide success of The Threepenny Opera in 1928 in Berlin, cinema is trying to win over the author of the piece. But Bertolt Brecht is not willing to play by the film industry’s rules. His vision for the Threepenny Film is radical, uncompromising, political and pointed. He wants to make a completely new kind of film and knows that the production company will never agree to it. It is only interested in cashing in. While the London gangster Macheath’s fight with the head of the beggar’s mob Mr. Peachum begins to take shape in the film version in front of the author’s eyes, Brecht seeks the public dispute. He takes the production company to court in order to prove that their monetary interests are taking precedence over his right as author… a poet directs reality – that was unprecedented!
Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Bertolt Brecht
- Macheath / Mackie Messer
- Polly / Carola Neher
- Kurt Weill
- Peachum
- Frau Peachum
- Lotte Lenya / Jenny
- Helene Weigel
- Tiger Brown
- Elisabeth Hauptmann
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
Script editor
Director of photography
Camera operator
Assistant camera
Steadycam operator
Visual effects
Optical effects
Lighting design
Key grip
Production design
Art director
Set dresser
Set design
Property master
Stand-by props
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Assistant editor
Sound design
Sound
Sound assistant
Foley artist
Choreographer
Casting
Music
Music performer
Cast
- Bertolt Brecht
- Macheath / Mackie Messer
- Polly / Carola Neher
- Kurt Weill
- Peachum
- Frau Peachum
- Lotte Lenya / Jenny
- Helene Weigel
- Tiger Brown
- Elisabeth Hauptmann
- Trauerweiden-Walter
- Seymour Nebenzahl
- Konstabler Smith
- Ede
- Richter Weigert
- Sam
- Ernst Josef Aufricht
- Fingerhakenjakob
- Filch
- Moritatensänger
- Sägerobert
- Journalistin
- Caspar Neher
- Journalist
- Platte
- Spekulant
- Chefdramaturg
- Dr. Fischer
- Jimmy
- Lucy
- Matthias
- Journalistin
- Scheer
- Spekulant
- Journalist
- Maschinendirektor Sachs
- Fritz Sternberg
- Journalist
- Tanz
Production company
in co-production with
in association with
Producer
Producer (TV)
Executive producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Production manager
Original distributor
Shoot
- 03.03.2017 - 15.05.2017: Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Belgien, Gent, Heilbronn, Schloss Rastatt, Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 10.07.2017, 172562-a, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 29.06.2018, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 13.09.2018
Titles
- Weiterer Titel (DE) Brechts Dreigroschenfilm
- Originaltitel (DE) Mackie Messer - Brechts Dreigroschenfilm
- Weiterer Titel (DE) Mackie Messer - Brechts 3Groschenfilm
- Weiterer Titel Mack the Knife – Brecht's Threepenny Film
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 10.07.2017, 172562-a, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 29.06.2018, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 13.09.2018
Prüffassung
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 10.10.2017, 172562, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Awards
- Prädikat: besonders wertvoll