Neenah Public Library

The 3 penny opera, Die 3 groschenoper, [Warner Bros. Pictures ; in association with Tobis Filmkunst] ; Thomas J. Brandon presents ; produced by S. Nebenzahl ; screenplay by Léo Lania, Ladislaus Vajda and Béla Balázs ; directed by G. W. Pabst

Originally released as a motion picture in 1931Based on the play "Threepenny opera" by Bertolt Brecht which was based on John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera."Special features: restored high-definition digital transfer ; audio commentary by scholars David Bathrick and Eric Rentschler ; archival introduction by stars Fritz Rasp and Ernst Busch ; documentary tracing The threepenny opera's journey from stage to screen ; Pabst's French language version of the film, L'opéra de quat'sous, adapted by Solange Térac with dialogue by André Mauprey, starring Albert Préjean, Florelle, Gaston Modot and Margo Lion ; a multimedia presentation by film scholar Charles O'Brien on the differences between the versions ; archival interview with Fritz Rasp ; galleries of production photos by Hans Casparius and production sketches by art director Andrej Andrejew ; a new essay by film critic Tony Rayns

Midwest Tape

black and white

monaural

Photography, F.A. Wagner ; edited by Hans Oser ; music by Kurt Weill

other

Full screen.

9781934121832

videodisc

Lotte Lenya, Rudolph Forster, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel, Fritz Rasp, Valeska Gert, Hermann Thimig, Ernst Busch, Vladimir Sokoloff

2 videodiscs (110 min.), sd., b&w, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet (24 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)173181950a826167

DVD ; region 1 ; full screen presentation (aspect ratio 1.19:1) ; Dolby digital mono

715515025720

CC1713D -- Criterion Collection

DVD