The Threepenny Opera (1931 film)
The Threepenny Opera German DieGroschenOper is a 1931 German musical film directed by G. W. Pabst. It was produced by Seymour Nebenzals NeroFilm for TonbildSyndikat AG Tobis, Berlin and Warner Bros. Pictures GmbH, Berlin. The film is loosely based on the 1928 musical theatre success The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. As was usual in the early sound film era, Pabst also directed a French language version of the film, LOpra de quatsous, with some variation of plot details the French title literally translates as the four penny opera. A planned English version was not made. The two existing versions were released by The Criterion Collection on home video.
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