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title: 'The Threepenny Opera (1931)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Georg Wilhelm Pabst'
released: '1931-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-threepenny-opera-1931'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021818/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Threepenny Opera (1931)

1931 · 112 min · Drama, Music · Germany, France, United States

Original title: Die Dreigroschenoper

## Synopsis

The Threepenny Opera is a 1931 German musical film directed by G. W. Pabst. Produced by Seymour Nebenzal's Nero-Film for Tonbild-Syndikat AG (Tobis), Berlin and Warner Bros. Pictures GmbH, Berlin, the film is loosely based on the 1928 musical theatre success of the same name by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. As was usual in the early sound film era, Pabst also directed a French-language version of the film, L'Opéra de quat'sous, with some variation of plot details. A planned English version went unproduced. The two existing versions were released on home video by The Criterion Collection. This film was shot at Staaken Studios

## Credits

- **Director:** [Georg Wilhelm Pabst](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-wilhelm-pabst)
- **Screenplay:** [Béla Balázs](https://cinepixo.com/people/bela-balazs), [Léo Lania](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-lania), [Ladislaus Vajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislaus-vajda)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kurt Weill](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-weill)
- **Producer:** [Seymour Nebenzal](https://cinepixo.com/people/seymour-nebenzal)
- **Director of Photography:** [Fritz Arno Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-arno-wagner)
- **Editor:** [Jean Oser](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-oser)

## Cast

- [Vladimir Sokoloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-sokoloff)
- [Valeska Gert](https://cinepixo.com/people/valeska-gert)
- [Gaston Modot](https://cinepixo.com/people/gaston-modot)
- [Fritz Rasp](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-rasp)
- [Lotte Lenya](https://cinepixo.com/people/lotte-lenya)
- [Carola Neher](https://cinepixo.com/people/carola-neher)
- [Antonin Artaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-artaud)
- [Florelle](https://cinepixo.com/people/florelle)
- [Bill-Bocketts](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-bocketts)
- [Rudolf Forster](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-forster)
- [Hermann Thimig](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-thimig)
- [Albert Préjean](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-prejean)
- [Ernst Busch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-busch)
- [Jacques Henley](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-henley)
- [Margo Lion](https://cinepixo.com/people/margo-lion)

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