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Die 3-Groschen-Oper

Deutschland 1930/1931 Spielfilm

Threepenny Opera

London′s underground world: the elegant gang boss Mackie Messer falls in love with the beautiful Polly, daughter of beggar king Peachum, and plans to marry her. In a dusty underground warehouse - the room lavishly prepared with goods stolen from London′s top shops - the wedding is attended by a crowd of beggars and thieves, as well as Tiger Brown, police chief and Mackie′s best friend. Peachum, however, strongly opposes the marriage. He puts pressure on Tiger Brown to send Mackie to the gallows, threatening to organize a beggars′ revolt to disrupt the queen′s upcoming coronation if the police chief does not accede to his wishes.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Credits

Director

  • G. W. Pabst

Screenplay

  • Léo Lania
  • Ladislaus Vajda
  • Béla Balázs

Director of photography

  • Fritz Arno Wagner

Editing

  • Hans Oser

Music

  • Kurt Weill

Cast

  • Rudolf Forster
    Mackie Messer
  • Carola Neher
    Polly Peachum
  • Reinhold Schünzel
    Polizeichef Tiger-Brown
  • Fritz Rasp
    Bettlerkönig Peachum
  • Valeska Gert
    Frau Peachum
  • Lotte Lenja
    Dirne Jenny
  • Hermann Thimig
    Pfarrer
  • Ernst Busch
    Straßensänger
  • Wladimir Sokoloff
    Smith
  • Paul Kemp
    Verbrecher

Production company

  • Tonbild-Syndikat AG (Tobis) (Berlin)
  • Warner Bros. Pictures GmbH (Berlin)

Producer

  • Seymour Nebenzahl
  • Gus Schlesinger (Delegierter Warner)
  • Guido Bagier (Delegierter Tobis)

Alle Credits

Director

  • G. W. Pabst

Assistant director

  • Mark Sorkin
  • Gerbert Rappaport

Screenplay

  • Léo Lania
  • Ladislaus Vajda
  • Béla Balázs

based on

  • Bertolt Brecht (Frei nach dem Bühnenstück)
  • Kurt Weill

Director of photography

  • Fritz Arno Wagner

Assistant camera

  • Carl Moeller
  • Walter Hrich

2nd Camera unit

  • Robert Baberske

Still photography

  • Rudolf Brix
  • Hans G. Casparius (Werkfotos)

Production design

  • Andrej Andrejew

Make-up artist

  • Paul Dannenberg

Costume design

  • Max Pretzfelder

Editing

  • Hans Oser

Sound

  • Adolf Jansen

Sound assistant

  • H. Meller
  • Eugen Hrich

Music

  • Kurt Weill

Conductor

  • Theo Mackeben

Music performer

  • Lewis-Ruth-Band (DE)

Lyrics

  • Bertolt Brecht

Cast

  • Rudolf Forster
    Mackie Messer
  • Carola Neher
    Polly Peachum
  • Reinhold Schünzel
    Polizeichef Tiger-Brown
  • Fritz Rasp
    Bettlerkönig Peachum
  • Valeska Gert
    Frau Peachum
  • Lotte Lenja
    Dirne Jenny
  • Hermann Thimig
    Pfarrer
  • Ernst Busch
    Straßensänger
  • Wladimir Sokoloff
    Smith
  • Paul Kemp
    Verbrecher
  • Gustav Püttjer
    Verbrecher
  • Oskar Höcker
    Verbrecher
  • Krafft-Raschig
    Verbrecher
  • Herbert Grünbaum
    Filch
  • Sylvia Torff
    Bordellbesitzerin

Production company

  • Tonbild-Syndikat AG (Tobis) (Berlin)
  • Warner Bros. Pictures GmbH (Berlin)

manufactured by

  • Nero-Film AG (Berlin)

Producer

  • Seymour Nebenzahl
  • Gus Schlesinger (Delegierter Warner)
  • Guido Bagier (Delegierter Tobis)

Unit production manager

  • Wilhelm Löwenberg

Location manager

  • Gustav Rathje

Original distributor

  • National-Film Verleih und Vertriebs GmbH (Berlin)

Shoot

    • 19.09.1930 - 15.11.1930
Duration:
3077 m, 112 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1.19
Video/Audio:
s/w, Tobis-Klangfilm
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (DE): 14.02.1931, B.28190, Jugendverbot

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 19.02.1931, Berlin, Atrium

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Die 3-Groschen-Oper
  • Schreibvariante Die Dreigroschenoper

Versions

Original

Duration:
3077 m, 112 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1.19
Video/Audio:
s/w, Tobis-Klangfilm
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (DE): 14.02.1931, B.28190, Jugendverbot

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 19.02.1931, Berlin, Atrium

Prüffassung

Duration:
3097 m, 113 min
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (DE): 01.04.1931, O.01975, Jugendverbot;
Zensur (DE): 10.08.1933, O.06861, Verbot

Duration:
2991 m, 109 min
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 24.08.1955, 10493, ab 16 Jahre / nicht feiertagsfrei

Archivfassung

Duration:
3029 m, 111 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1.19
Video/Audio:
s/w
Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/die-3-groschen-oper_ea43d4a6f65b5006e03053d50b37753d