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Sep 13, 2018 · Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film: Directed by Joachim Lang. With Lars Eidinger, Tobias Moretti, Hannah Herzsprung, Joachim Król. Against many odds, Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera" becomes a phenomenal success.
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- Biography, Drama
- Joachim Lang
- 2018-09-13
Mack the Knife: Brecht's Threepenny Film. A playwright tries to adapt his opera satire for the cinema in the early 1930s.
- Drama
- Lars Eidinger
- Joachim Lang
After the premiere of Bertolt Brecht, Elisabeth Hauptmann, and Kurt Weill’s Threepenny Opera in 1928, the work seemed destined for the silver screen: Brecht sought to make a socially conscious film, but the studio wanted a crowd pleaser. This fantastical and theatrical satire dramatizes his valiant attempt to adapt his opera to the screen.
Sep 13, 2018 · Dreigroschenfilm: A threepenny film on Bertolt Brecht Brechtien expert Joachim Lang mixes literature and biography in a frenzied satire starring Lars Eidinger, Tobias Moretti and Hannah Herzsprung 29/06/2017 | Production | Germany
- Germany, Belgium
- Mackie Messer-Brechts Dreigroschenfilm
- Mack the Knife-Brecht's Threepenny Film
- Global Screen GmbH (a brand of Telepool GmbH)
A socialist critique on capitalism, staged as a conflict between Mack the Knife, a London gangster, and Peachum, the head of the beggars' mafia. And Brecht does not bow down; he takes the producers to court in order to prove that the moneyed interests are prevailing over his right as an author--and the right of the audience.
Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film (2018) | MUBI. Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema. 6.3. /10. 12 Ratings. Following the phenomenal success of “The Threepenny Opera”, the film industry wants to win over the celebrated author. But Bertolt Brecht is not prepared to play by their rules.
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