Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning with the original hugely successful 1728 political satire written by Englishman John Gay. Composers and writers have penned variations on it ever since. The most famous of these was A Threepenny Opera by Bertholt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Some things these compositions share in common is their setting among the poor and criminal classes, and the roguish character Macheath. This production is based on an adaptation of Gay's original by Vaclav Havel the freedom-fighter, writer and philosopher who became the first (and only) president of the united post-communist country of Czechoslovakia, and it retains many traces of its theatrical origins. Film reviewers were not too tolerant of what they called "slavish adherence" to the noted Czech writer's stage production, but theater, philosophy and history buffs may feel otherwise.
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Documentary
6.6
Avatar
Drama
6.4
Capturing Avatar
Documentary
7.3
Lesson Plan
Action, Crime
6.2
Welcome to the Club
Animation, Comedy
6.4
Thor: Love and Thunder
Fantasy, Action, Comedy
6.4
Beautiful Disaster
Romance, Drama, Comedy
6.7
Magnum Opus
Animation, Family, Science Fiction, Comedy
7.3
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Comedy, Romance
8.6
Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
Animation, Action, Fantasy
7.8
There Are No Saints
Action, Mystery, Thriller
5.2
The Offering
Drama, Horror
6.0
A
Documentary
6.6
The Invitation
Horror, Thriller
6.1
Inside Man: Most Wanted
Action, Crime, Thriller
6.5
Stree
Horror, Comedy
6.9
Sex Appeal
Comedy, Romance
6.7
I Want You
Drama, Romance
7.4
Blade of the 47 Ronin
Fantasy
6.5
My Avatar and Me
Documentary, Science Fiction
6.3
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Comedy
6.5
Attack
Drama, War
6.7
Spider's Web
Mystery, Crime, Thriller, TV Movie
7.4
Dream Kitchen
Drama, Comedy
0.0
Sweethearts and Wives
Mystery, Comedy, Romance
0.0
Oscar
Comedy
7.3
Las brujas de Salem
Drama, History, TV Movie
10.0
La Cage aux Folles
Comedy
6.8
Sleuth
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
6.2
Between Us Girls
Comedy, Romance
6.0
Guys and Dolls
Comedy, Crime, Romance
6.6
Girl Unknown
Drama, Thriller
5.1
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
Comedy, TV Movie
0.0
Show Boat
Drama
5.0
Curse of the Golden Flower
Action, Drama, Fantasy
6.8
Pimpinone
Music, Comedy
0.0
Poslední koncert
History, Drama
0.0
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
Drama, Romance
7.0
Macbeth
Drama
5.3
The World Belongs to Us
Comedy
6.8