Mack the Knife (film)
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| Directed by | Menahem Golan |
| Produced by | Stanley Chase |
| Screenplay by | Menahem Golan |
| Based on | The Threepenny Opera by Bertold Brecht and Kurt Weill |
| Starring | Raúl Juliá Richard Harris Julia Migenes Roger Daltrey Julie Walters |
| Music by | Kurt Weill |
| Cinematography | Elemér Ragályi |
| Edited by | Alain Jakubowicz Henry Richardson |
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| Distributed by | 21st Century Film Corporation |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | English |
| Budget | USD$9 million |
Mack the Knife is a 1989 film adaptation of the 1928 Brecht/Weill musical The Threepenny Opera.[1][2][3][4]
Plot
In 19th century London, young Polly Peachum falls for the famous womanizing criminal Macheath and they decide to get married, but because of her family's disapproval, her father ("the king of thieves") has MacHeath arrested.
Cast
- Raúl Juliá as Macheath
- Richard Harris as Mr. Peachum
- Julia Migenes as Jenny Diver
- Roger Daltrey as The Street Singer
- Julie Walters as Mrs. Peachum
- Bill Nighy as Tiger Brown
- Rachel Robertson as Polly Peachum
- Clive Revill as Money Matthew
- Erin Donovan as Lucy Brown
- Louise Plowright as Dolly
- Elizabeth Seal as Molly
- Chrissie Kendall as Betty
- Mark Northover as Jimmy Jewels
Production
Juliá reprises the role of Macheath which won him a Tony nomination for a 1976 revival on Broadway. The film shows obvious signs of last minute editing, including several musical numbers that appear on the soundtrack album but are not in the final cut.
Home media
The film has never been released on DVD and as of April 2012, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has yet to announce any plans for a DVD release.
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Mack the Knife at IMDb
- Mack the Knife at AllMovie
- Mack the Knife at Rotten Tomatoes
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