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The whole film alternates real life (as a biographic movie) and the ideas Brecht had for the script of his intended adaptation to cinema (in a bright musical). While the text is brilliant, including Brecht's writings, art direction and cinematography are gorgeous, the ironic and fierce songs are very good, and all actors and director did a great job.
A socialist critique on capitalism, staged as a conflict between Mack the Knife, a London gangster, and Peachum, the head of the beggars' mafia. And Brecht does not bow down; he takes the producers to court in order to prove that the moneyed interests are prevailing over his right as an author--and the right of the audience.
23 de ene. de 2021 · Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film (2018) Original Title: Mackie Messer - Brechts Dreigroschenfilm Release: 2018-09-13 Rating: 7.1 by 16 users Runtime: * min. Language: German Genre: Drama Stars: Lars Eidinger, Tobias Moretti, Hannah Herzsprung, Joachim Król, Claudia Michelsen, Christian Redl, Robert Stadlober Keywords:
Against many odds, Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera" becomes a phenomenal success. The film industry picks up the scent and seeks to make the master direct a film version of his "play with ...
13 de sept. de 2018 · MACK THE KNIFE - BRECHT'S THREEPENNY FILM. by Joachim Lang. international title: Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film: original title: Mackie Messer - Brechts Dreigroschenfilm: country: Germany, Belgium: sales agent: Global Screen GmbH (a brand of Telepool GmbH) year: 2018: genre: fiction:
Following the phenomenal success of “The Threepenny Opera”, the film industry wants to win over the celebrated author. But Bertolt Brecht is not prepared to play by their rules. His concept of the “Threepenny Film” is radical, uncompromising, political, and incisive.
And Brecht does not bow down; he takes the producers to court in order to prove that the moneyed interests are prevailing over his right as an author – and the right of the audience! Provocative, outrageously colorful and merging fact with the fictional and the visionary, Brecht's “true” Threepenny Film comes to life before the author's eyes.
