Film: The Threepenny Opera

Dir. G.W. Pabst | Germany | 1931 | 110 min.

Set in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, underworld antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities. The sly melodies of composer Kurt Weill and the daring of dramatist Bertolt Brecht come together on-screen in this adaptation of the Weimar-era theatrical sensation.

Ukrop Auditorium
Friday, March 23, 3 & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 25, 7:30 p.m.

Friday afternoon introduction and post-film discussion led by Caroline Weist, Assistant Professor of German Studies.

The International Film Series (IFS) is sponsored by University of Richmond International Education and Boatwright Memorial Library’s Media Resource Center. richmond.edu/ifs

Free and open to the public.