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.
The Price We Pay
Action, Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Horror
5.8
M
Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure, Horror
7.5
The Year I Started Masturbating
Comedy, Drama, Romance
5.9
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Documentary
6.4
Maria into Life
Comedy, Romance
5.9
Everybody Loves Jeanne
Drama, Comedy, Romance
6.2
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"
Documentary
5.7
Shark Side of the Moon
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror
5.1
12
Documentary
5.5
East of Main Street: Asians Aloud
Documentary
6.0
All Things Fair
Drama, Romance, War
6.4
Freestyle
Comedy, Drama
6.7
Detective vs. Sleuths
Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
6.7
A Man of Action
Drama, History
6.4
Brent Weinbach: Appealing to the Mainstream
Comedy
5.9
The Accursed
Horror
6.5
Ripper's Revenge
Thriller, Horror, History
6.7
Le Torrent
Thriller
5.6
Bat
Animation
7.1
1
Drama
6.7
On the Riviera
Comedy, Music, Romance
6.0
The Ghost Train
Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
5.9
Fidlovačka
Comedy, Music
0.0
Josefina
Comedy, Music
0.0
Little Murders
Comedy, Crime
6.8
Twelfth Night
Comedy, Romance, Drama
4.6
Naked Boys Singing!
Comedy, Music, Romance
5.0
Noc na Karlštejně
Music, Comedy
0.0
Soldier's Girl
Comedy
0.0
Dva šlechtici z Verony
Comedy
6.5
Camel Through The Eye Of A Needle
Comedy
6.5
They Might Be Giants
Comedy, Mystery
7.0
The Sap from Syracuse
Comedy, Music, Romance
4.7
Poppy
Comedy
6.8
Psycho Beach Party
Comedy, Horror
5.7
August Sunday
Comedy
4.0
Grease
Romance, Comedy
7.4
Stalag 17
Comedy, Drama, War
7.7
Trouble in Paradise
Comedy, Crime, Romance
7.4
Lékař v rozpacích
Comedy
0.0