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Cast
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Josef Abrhám | As: Macheath |
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Marián Labuda | As: Peachum |
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Nina Divíšková | As: Elizabeth Peachum |
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Libuše Šafránková | As: Jenny |
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Rudolf Hrušínský | As: Lockit |
Storyline
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.
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Cast
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Josef Abrhám |
Macheath |
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Marián Labuda |
Peachum |
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Nina Divíšková |
Elizabeth Peachum |
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Libuše Šafránková |
Jenny |
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Rudolf Hrušínský |
Lockit |
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Veronika Freimanová |
Lucy |
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Barbora Leichnerová |
Polly |
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Jiří Zahajský |
Harry Filch |
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Oldřich Vízner |
Jim |
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Ondřej Vetchý |
Jack |
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Jeremy Irons |
Prisoner |
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Jana Břežková |
Mary Lockit |
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Kateřina Frýbová |
Diana |
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Jana Švandová |
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Mahulena Bočanová |
Vicky |
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Naďa Kotršová |
Ingrid |
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Miloslav Štibich |
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Rudolf Hrušínský |
Policeman |
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Jiří Lír |
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Pavel Zedníček |
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Oldřich Vlach |
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Petr Brukner |
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Ljuba Krbová |
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Jitka Asterová |
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Blanka Lormanová |
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Alice Šnirychová-Dvořáková |
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Eugen Jegorov |
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Martin Faltýn |
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Pavel Zvarič |
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Filip Minařík |
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Jan Morávek |
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Martin Morávek |
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Václav Kotva |
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Steva Maršálek |
Directed By
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Jiří Menzel |
Director |
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Eva Kadaňková |
First Assistant Director |
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Monika Maratová |
Second Assistant Director |
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Annika Eisel-Šonka |
Second Assistant Director |
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Eric Chaikin |
Second Assistant Director |
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Zuzana Přibíková |
Script Supervisor |
Writing Credits
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Jiří Menzel |
Adaptation |
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Jiří Menzel |
Creative Producer |
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Václav Havel |
Screenplay |
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Václav Havel |
Theatre Play |
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John Gay |
Theatre Play |
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Jiří Menzel |
Screenplay |
Production Crew
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Jan Šuster |
Executive Producer |
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Jan Šuster |
Production Manager |
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Jan Hadrbolec |
Unit Production Manager |
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Jan Peterka |
Production Accountant |
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Roman Molnár |
Assistant Production Manager |
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Pavel Štěrba |
Assistant Production Manager |
Edited By
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Jiří Brožek |
Editor |
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Eva Horázná |
Assistant Editor |
Costume and Makeup
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Zuzana Máchová |
Lead Costumer |
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Věra Linhartová |
Costumer |
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Irena Seidlová |
Costumer |
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Tomáš Kuchta |
Makeup & Hair |
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Aleš Kocián |
Makeup & Hair |
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Tereza Kolihová |
Makeup & Hair |
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Petr Blažek |
Makeup & Hair |
Sound
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Jan Klusák |
Original Music Composer |
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Jiří Hora |
Sound |
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Mstislav Pilný |
Sound Assistant |
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Štěpán Koníček |
Conductor |
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Jiří Zobač |
Music Director |
Visual Effects
Camera
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Jaromír Šofr |
Director of Photography |
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Richard Valenta |
Camera Operator |
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Tomáš Hruška |
Camera Operator |
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Antonín Mařík |
Assistant Camera |
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Karel Havelka |
Camera Technician |
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Eva Blažková |
Clapper Loader |
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Soňa Nemcová |
Clapper Loader |
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Miloslav Mirvald |
Still Photographer |
Lighting
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Jiří Půlpán |
Gaffer |
Art Department
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Zbyněk Hloch |
Production Design |
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Milan Býček |
Assistant Production Design |
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Bedřich Čermák |
Property Master |
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Jaroslav Lehman |
Props |
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Rudolf Beneš |
Props |
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Miloslav Dvořák |
Props |
Other Crew
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Pavel Hajný |
Dramaturgy |
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