The Threepenny opera [videorecording]

Format

VHS; Video

Summary

Highwaymen and thieves stand for the great lords and powerful public officials of Georgian England, in this spoof of the corrupt politics during that time. Depiction and intimation of crime and vice in all strata of society make it universally appealing.

Director

G.W. Pabst

Performer(s)

Lotte Lenya, Rudolph Forster.

Release Date

1931

Run Time

113 min.

Notes

VHS format [NTSC]

In German with English subtitles.

Based on the play "Threepenny opera" by Bertolt Brecht which was based on John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera".

Videocassette release of the 1931 motion picture.

Credits

Director, G.W. Pabst ; screenplay, Leo Lania, Bela Balazs, Ladislaus Vajda.

Published

Los Angeles, CA :Embassy Home Entertainment,c1984.

Description

1 videocassette (113 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 1/2 in.

Technical details

• Access in Virgo Classic
• Staff View

  Librarian View

  LEADER 01923cgm a2200421 a 4500

  001 u765247

  003 SIRSI

  007 vf-cbaho-

  008 850112r19841931cau113 0vlger d

  035

    

    

  a| (Sirsi) o11575238

  035

    

    

  a| (OCoLC)11575238

  040

    

    

  a| FPL c| FPL d| m/c d| VA@

  041

    

    

  a| ger b| eng

  049

    

    

  a| VA@U

  245

  0

  4

  a| The Threepenny opera h| [videorecording] / Janus Films.

  260

    

    

  a| Los Angeles, CA : b| Embassy Home Entertainment, c| c1984.

  300

    

    

  a| 1 videocassette (113 min.) : b| sd., b&w. ; c| 1/2 in.

  500

    

    

  a| VHS format [NTSC]

  500

    

    

  a| In German with English subtitles.

  500

    

    

  a| Based on the play "Threepenny opera" by Bertolt Brecht which was based on John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera".

  500

    

    

  a| Videocassette release of the 1931 motion picture.

  508

    

    

  a| Director, G.W. Pabst ; screenplay, Leo Lania, Bela Balazs, Ladislaus Vajda.

  511

  1

    

  a| Lotte Lenya, Rudolph Forster.

  520

    

    

  a| Highwaymen and thieves stand for the great lords and powerful public officials of Georgian England, in this spoof of the corrupt politics during that time. Depiction and intimation of crime and vice in all strata of society make it universally appealing.

  596

    

    

  a| 3

  650

    

  0

  a| Musicals.

  650

    

  0

  a| Operas v| Excerpts.

  650

    

  0

  a| German language v| Films for English speakers.

  655

    

  0

  a| Feature films.

  700

  1

    

  a| Pabst, G. W. q| (Georg Wilhelm), d| 1885-1967.

  700

  1

    

  a| Gay, John, d| 1685-1732. t| Beggar's opera.

  700

  1

    

  a| Brecht, Bertolt, d| 1898-1956. t| Dreigroschenoper. l| English.

  700

  1

    

  a| Weill, Kurt, d| 1900-1950. t| Dreigroschenoper.

  700

  1

    

  a| Lenya, Lotte.

  700

  1

    

  a| Forster, Rudolf, d| 1884-1968.

  710

  2

    

  a| Janus Films.

  710

  2

    

  a| Embassy Home Entertainment (Firm)

  999

    

    

  a| VIDEO .VHS0369 w| ALPHANUM c| 1 i| X001138590 d| 10/20/2009 e| 10/20/2009 l| VAULT m| CLEMONS n| 114 q| 6 r| Y s| Y t| VIDEO-CASS u| 6/29/1996 x| H-NOTIS

Availability