Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film (2018)
130 min | Biography, Drama

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Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film (2018)

130 min | Biography, Drama

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 music". However, Brecht refuses to play by ...See moreAgainst 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 music". However, Brecht refuses to play by their rules. While the studio wants to censor the "filth" and tuck at the heart strings to cash in on the success, the author wants to make nothing less than a completely new kind of film. 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. Provocative, outrageously colorful, and merging fact with the fictional and the visionary, Brecht's "true" Threepennyfilm comes to life before the author's eyes. A film that was never made. An artist who challenges the industry and audience alike. A poet directing reality. That has never happened before. Written by Beta Film GmbH See less

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Name	Known for
Lars Eidinger Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht See fewer	Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
Tobias Moretti Macheath Macheath See fewer	Kommissar Rex (1994)
Hannah Herzsprung Carola Neher / Polly Carola Neher / Polly See fewer	The Reader (2008)
Joachim Król Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum See fewer	Maybe... Maybe Not (1994)
Claudia Michelsen Frau Peachum Frau Peachum See fewer	The Tower (2012)
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Meike Droste Helene Weigel Helene Weigel See fewer	Mord mit Aussicht (2008)
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Tom Magnus Metropolitan Police Constable (uncredited) Metropolitan Police Constable (uncredited) See fewer	Emperor (II)
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