Die 3 Groschen-Oper (1931)

Original title	Die 3 Groschen-Oper
Swedish release title	Tolvskillingsoperan
Co-production title	The Threepenny Opera (USA)
Title alternative spelling	Die Dreigroschenoper

Director	Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Screenplay	Leo Lania Ladislaus Vajda Béla Balázs
Producer	Seymour Nebenzal (as Seymour Nebenzahl)
Production Manager	Seymour Nebenzal (as Seymour Nebenzahl)
Director of Photography	Fritz Arno Wagner
Music	Kurt Weill
Production Designer	André Andrejew (as Andrej Andrejew)
Production Mixer	Adolf Jansen
Assistant Director	Marc Sorkin Gerbert Rappaport (as Herbert Rappaport)
Unit Manager	Gustav Rathje
Unit Publicist	Alexander Alexander Ilja Lapiner
Still Photographer	Rudolf Brix (Standfotos) Hans Casparius (Werkfotos)
Assistant Cameraman	Carl Moeller Walter Hrich
Orchestra	Lewis Ruth Band
Orchestra Leader	Theo Mackeben
Costume Designer	Max Pretzfelder
Make-up Supervisor	Paul Dannenberg
Boom Operator	Eugen Hrich
Sound Editor	Hans Oser

Rudolf Forster	Henry Macheath, kallad Mackie Messer, gangsterchef
Carola Neher	Polly Peachum
Reinhold Schünzel	J.M. Brown, "Tiger-Brown", Londons polischef
Fritz Rasp	Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum, Pollys far, "Tiggarkungen"
Valeska Gert	Mrs. Peachum, Pollys mor
Lotte Lenya	Jenny, prostituerad
Hermann Thimig	prästen
Ernst Busch	gatusångaren
Vladimir Sokoloff (as Wladimir Sokoloff)	Smith, vaktkonstapeln
Paul Kemp	medlem av Mackies gäng
Gustav Püttjer	medlem av Mackies gäng
Oskar Höcker	medlem av Mackies gäng
Krafft-Raschig	medlem av Mackies gäng
Herbert Grünbaum	Filch, tiggarlärlingen
Sylvia Torff	bordellinnehavarinnan
Marcel Merminod

Production Company	Warner Bros. Pictures GmbH
	Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
	Tonbild-Syndikat AG
	Nero-Film AG		(för)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Film AB Warner Bros.-First National	1932
	Minerva Film AB	1956

Censorship number	88928
Date	1956-10-11
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	3000 meters

Censorship number	47260
Date	1931-12-22
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	3055 meters
Censored length	3045 meters

Aspect ratio	1.19:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Tobis Klangfilm
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	3077 meter
Length in minutes	112 min
Reels	12 reels

Original title	Die Dreigroschenoper (Opera)
Author	Bertolt Brecht
Composer	Kurt Weill

Original title	The Beggar's Opera (Opera)
Author	John Gay
Composer	John Christopher Pepusch

		Germany		1930-09-19	1930-11-15
Efa-Ateliers	Berlin-Halensee		(ateljéer)
Zeppelin-Halle	Staaken		(ateljéer)

First showing	1931-02-19	Atrium	Berlin	Germany	112 min
Other showing	1931-05-03	Tivoli	London	United Kingdom
	1931-05-17		New York	USA
Release in Sweden	1932-01-14	China	Stockholm	Sweden	111 min	Tysk version.
Cinematheque screening	1965-02-16			Sweden
	1965-02-19			Sweden
	1971-02-17			Sweden
	1971-09-04			Sweden
	1973-02-01			Sweden
	1973-02-24			Sweden
	1973-04-03			Sweden
	1975-04-05			Sweden
	1975-06-06			Sweden
TV showing	1976-11-26	TV1		Sweden	103 min
Cinematheque screening	1979-01-21			Sweden
	1980-05-06			Sweden
	1980-05-07			Sweden
	1983-05-07			Sweden
	1983-05-08			Sweden
	1985-08-25			Sweden
	1985-09-29			Sweden
	1988-02-16			Sweden
	1988-02-21			Sweden
	1989-04-09			Sweden
	1989-04-12			Sweden
	1991-10-19			Sweden
	1991-10-24			Sweden
	1995-10-28			Sweden
Other showing	1997-01-27					Dåligt ljud. Akt 1 är överkörd i höger perf.
Censurbeslut	1998-02-10	Norsk Filminstitutt	Oslo	Norway
Cinematheque screening	1998-04-14	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden
	1998-04-17	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden
Other showing	1998-05-25
Festival showing	1998-09-17
Censurbeslut	2000-04-04	Det Danske Filmmuseum	Copenhagen	Denmark
Cinematheque screening	2001-04-22	Bio Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden
	2002-10-24	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	110 min
	2003-08-25	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	110 min
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2015-10-26
	2016-03-16					Problem vid visningen (se kommentar ovan).
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2022-01-18		Stockholm	Sweden

Original title	Moritat vom Mackie Messer
Composer	Kurt Weill	(1928)
Lyrics	Bertolt Brecht	(1928)
Singer	Ernst Busch

Original title	Und der Haifisch, der hat Zähne ...
Composer	Kurt Weill	(1928)
Lyrics	Bertolt Brecht	(1928)
Singer	Ernst Busch

Original title	Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit menschlichen Lebens
Composer	Kurt Weill	(1928)
Lyrics	Bertolt Brecht	(1928)
Singer	Ernst Busch

Original title	Liebeslied
Composer	Kurt Weill	(1928)
Lyrics	Bertolt Brecht	(1928)
Singer	Carola Neher
	Rudolf Forster

Original title	Siehst Du den Mond über Soho?
Composer	Kurt Weill	(1928)
Lyrics	Bertolt Brecht	(1928)
Singer	Rudolf Forster
	Carola Neher

Original title	Barbarasong
Composer	Kurt Weill	(1928)
Lyrics	Bertolt Brecht	(1928)
Singer	Carola Neher

Original title	Ja, da kan man sich doch nicht einfach hinlegen ...
Composer	Kurt Weill	(1928)
Lyrics	Bertolt Brecht	(1928)
Singer	Carola Neher

Original title	Lied der Seeräuberjenny: Und ein Schiff mit acht Segeln ...
Composer	Kurt Weill	(1928)
Lyrics	Bertolt Brecht	(1928)
Singer	Lotte Lenya

Original title	Kanonensong: Soldaten wohnen auf den Kanonen ...
Composer	Kurt Weill	(1928)
Lyrics	Bertolt Brecht	(1928)
Singer	Rudolf Forster
	Reinhold Schünzel
	kör

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2977

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3015

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	9
Colour prints	No
Behind the scenes prints	No
Slides	1
Digital images	No
Negatives	No
Contact sheets	No
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck