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Mack the Knife (The Threepenny Opera) (1989)

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This film adaptation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's musical play The Threepenny Opera portrays the engagement of a gangster (Raul Julia) to an innocent girl (Rachel Robertson) in Victorian-era London. The girl's family attempts to thwart the marriage by catching the thief in the act. ~ John Bush, Rovi

PG-13, 2 hr. 1 min.

Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy

Directed By: Menahem Golan

In Theaters: Jun 1, 1989 Wide

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Raul Julia
MacHeath
Richard Harris
Mr. Peachum
Julia Migenes
Jenny Diver
Roger Daltrey
Street Singer
Julie Walters
Mrs. Peachum
Rachel Robertson
Polly Peachum
Clive Revill
Money Matthew
Bill Nighy
Tiger Brown
Erin Donovan
Lucy Brown
Julie T. Wallace
Coaxer
Russel Gold
Hookfinger Jake
Roy Holder
Wally the Weeper
Dong Ji Hong
Sukey Tawdry
Sandor Kaposi
Organ Grinder
Chrissie Kendall
Betty
Steven Law
Sergeant Smith
Clive Mantle
Johnny Ladder
Mark Northover
Jimmy Jewels
Louise Plowright
Dolly
Iain Rogerson
Filch
Peter Rutherford
Warden
Elizabeth Seal
Molly
John Woodnut
Reverend Kimball
Miranda Garrison
Esmerelda

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The movie is finally just a slog through a half-digested plot, involving half-understood characters who bear the names, but not the meanings or the spirits, of the Brecht and Weill originals.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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