The Threepenny Opera (1963 film)
| The Threepenny Opera | |
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| Directed by | Wolfgang Staudte |
| Written by | Wolfgang Staudte Günther Weisenborn |
| Based on | The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht |
| Produced by | Kurt Ulrich Heinz Willeg |
| Starring | Curd Jürgens Hildegard Knef Gert Fröbe |
| Cinematography | Roger Fellous |
| Edited by | Wolfgang Wehrum |
| Music by | Kurt Weill |
Production companies | Kurt Ulrich Film Comptoir d'Expansion Cinématographique |
| Distributed by | Gloria Film |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Countries | France West Germany |
| Language | German |
The Threepenny Opera (German: Die Dreigroschenoper) is a 1963 West German-French musical crime drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Curd Jürgens, Hildegard Knef and Gert Fröbe. Sammy Davis Jr. appeared as a street singer of ballads. It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Spandau Studios and Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hein Heckroth. It is based on the 1928 play The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, itself inspired by the 18th-century British work The Beggar's Opera. A previous film adaptation The Threepenny Opera had been produced in 1931.