The 3 Penny Opera
1931
G. W. Pabst
★★★½
112
Fine musical satire chronicling activities of dashing gangster Forster, his cohorts, and antagonists, with Lenya outstanding as Pirate Jenny. From Bertolt Brecht's play, with music by Kurt Weill, adapted from John Gay's The Beggar's Opera. Remade many times since.
Rudolf Forster, Lotte Lenya, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schunzel, Fritz Rasp, Valeska Gert
German
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