Í kjölfar gífurlegrar velgengni Túskildingsóperunnar, nýjasta söngleiks Bertolt Brechts sem slær í gegn í Berlín árið 1928, rennur kvikmyndabransinn fljótt á lyktina og leitar á náðir meistarans til að færa verkið í kvikmyndaform. En Brecht neitar að fara eftir þeirra leikreglum þar sem hans eigin sýn á kvikmyndina er óhefðbundin, róttæk og rammpólitísk, eitthvað sem kvikmyndaframleiðslufyrirtæki mun aldrei samþykkja. Margrómuð og fersk bíómynd sem hrífur áhorfendur með sér í anda meistara Brecht!

Myndin er sýnd með enskum texta á Þýskum kvikmyndadögum sem fara fram 1.– 10. febrúar 2019. 

English

“The Threepenny Opera”as it has never been seen before: full of innuendo, exuberantly musical and cheeky. Cinematic entertainment at the highest level!

Owing to the international success of his stage play “The Threepenny Opera” (1928) and Kurt Weill’s “Ballad of Mack the Knife”, which has become a hit around the world, film producers are lining up with offers for author and playwright Bertolt Brecht. Always the idealist, he refuses to play by the film industry rules, as Brecht wants to create a completely new kind of film — radical, uncompromising, political – something that a production company would never agree to.

The film will be screened with English subtitles on German Film Days that take place during February 1st – 10th 2019.