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Plot summary. In 19th century London, Macheath — known as Mackie Messer ("Mack the Knife") — is a Soho crime lord whose former lover is Jenny, a prostitute in a brothel on Turnbridge Street. On first meeting Polly Peachum, however, he persuades her to marry him.
The Threepenny Opera: Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. With Rudolf Forster, Albert Préjean, Florelle, Carola Neher. The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- 1933-12-08
Set in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, The Threepenny Opera follows underworld antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) as he tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities.
- Mackie Messer
The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper [diː dʁaɪˈɡʁɔʃn̩ˌʔoːpɐ]) is a German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, The Beggar's Opera, and four ballads by François Villon, with music by Kurt Weill.
Watch The Threepenny Opera with a subscription on Max. As an antiquity, its sardonic story has some merit and its technical flaws are excusable, altho by modem standards the acting is...
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- Lotte Lenya
- Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Musical
Currently you are able to watch "The 3 Penny Opera" streaming on Max, Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel. Synopsis In London at the turn of the century, underworld kingpin Mack the Knife marries Polly Peachum without the knowledge of her father, the equally enterprising 'king of the beggars'.
Set in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, THE THREEPENNY OPERA follows underworld antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) as he tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities.
