Three Penny Opera (1963)

• Year: 1963
• Released: 21 Feb 1968
• Country: France, West Germany
• Adwords: 1 nomination
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055932/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/three_penny_opera
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: German, English
• MPA Rating: N/A
• Genre: Drama, Musical
• Runtime: 124 min
• Writer: Bertolt Brecht, Wolfgang Staudte, Günther Weisenborn
• Director: Wolfgang Staudte
• Cast: Curd Jürgens, Hildegard Knef, Gert Fröbe
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5.3/10

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A review from a German Student.

This movie is the classic story of Mack the Knife. The version I saw was in the original German, and subtitled in English. It was filmed as a barb towards Nazi Germany, however, since anti-Gov’t were forbidden the film takes places in London England. Our Hero, is a Thief. The Head of the Thieves guild. He and his crownies continually steal from the One bank in town. Mackie, likes to visit the Women of Ill Repute and they all know him, and the cops are all bought so they can’t touch him. He has intentions of Marrying the Daughter of the King of the Beggars guild, and all is going well. Until the Police chief gets aspirations of Arresting Mackie, and the bank they rob goes bankrupt. Fortunately Mackie has enough money to buy the defunct bank and his crownies can become the Tellers. This is an excellent old film, and I recommend it to anyone.

Great Poster Artwork – Extremely Poor Film

This film was picked up for distribution in the United States by Joseph E. Levine through his Embassy Pictures, and it premiered in a number of cities including Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Houston, Milwaukee, and Oklahoma City on October 14, 1964. The advertising campaign was conceived to make the film look like one of the big “roadshow” musicals of the era–indeed, the artwork used in the posters, newspaper ads, and the eventual RCA LP album is probably the best thing about the film. Business was terrible, in part because the film was dubbed and the synchronization between the sound and visuals was off, as well as the “washed out” look of the color. Some of the theaters pulled it after several days of poor business, in others it lasted only for a week, and it only got a few sporadic openings thereafter. I do not believe that it ever made it to a theater in New York City, San Francisco, Boston, or Washington, DC.

lifeless, disappointing production of an excellent musical play

I’ve seen several stagings of this musical play– even acted in it once in college– and I have enjoyed the liveliness of every staging. The movie, however, is quite dead. The characters are stilted and almost everything is presented in a dry and detached manner– so detached that the viewer can’t really appreciate the important ironies of the plot even while being hit over the head with them. I also felt that the camera work was very uninspired. This film is still worth seeing just because “Die Dreigroschenoper” is an excellent play; but, if you have a choice, I’d recommend that you go see it performed as a play.