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📅 1991 ⏱️ 94 min ⭐ 4.3/10 👥 3 votes

🎭 Comedy

Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning with the original hugely successful 1728 political satire written by Englishman John Gay. Composers and writers have penned variations on it ever since. The most famous of these was A Threepenny Opera by Bertholt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Some things these compositions share in common is their setting among the poor and criminal classes, and the roguish character Macheath. This production is based on an adaptation of Gay's original by Vaclav Havel the freedom-fighter, writer and philosopher who became the first (and only) president of the united post-communist country of Czechoslovakia, and it retains many traces of its theatrical origins. Film reviewers were not too tolerant of what they called "slavish adherence" to the noted Czech writer's stage production, but theater, philosophy and history buffs may feel otherwise.

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This 94-minute Comedy takes viewers on an immersive journey through its narrative. The plot development showcases exceptional storytelling with carefully crafted character arcs and thematic depth.

Director

Jiří Menzel

Main Cast

Josef Abrhám as Macheath

Marián Labuda as Peachum

Nina Divíšková as Elizabeth Peachum

Libuše Šafránková as Jenny

Rudolf Hrušínský as Lockit

Veronika Freimanová as Lucy

Barbora Leichnerová as Polly

Jiří Zahajský as Harry Filch

Oldřich Vízner as Jim

Ondřej Vetchý as Jack

Jeremy Irons as Prisoner

Jana Břežková as Mary Lockit

Kateřina Frýbová as Diana

Jana Švandová

Mahulena Bočanová as Vicky

Writers

Václav Havel, Jiří Menzel

Producers

Jan Šuster

Production Information

Release Date: October 1, 1991

Runtime: 94 minutes

Original Language: CS

Production Companies: Filmové studio Barrandov

Filming Locations: Czechoslovakia

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