Mack the Knife | |
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Directed by | Menahem Golan |
Screenplay by | Menahem Golan |
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Produced by | Stanley Chase |
Starring | Raúl Juliá Richard Harris Julia Migenes Roger Daltrey Julie Walters Clive Revill Erin Donovan Rachel Robertson |
Cinematography | Elemér Ragályi |
Edited by | Alain Jakubowicz Henry Richardson |
Music by | Kurt Weill Dov Seltzer (adaptation) |
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Distributed by | 21st Century Film Corporation |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Countries | Netherlands Hungary United States |
Language | English |
Budget | USD$9 million |
Mack the Knife is a 1989 romantic comedy musical film written and directed by Menahem Golan, a film adaptation of the 1928 Brecht/Weill musical The Threepenny Opera.[1][2][3][4] The film stars Raúl Juliá as Captain Macheath (reprising his Tony-nominated role from Richard Foreman 1974 revival of Opera), Richard Harris as Mr. Peachum, Julia Migenes as Jenny Diver, Julie Walters as Mrs. Peachum, and Roger Daltrey as the Street Singer. Brecht and Weill's score and libretto was adapted by Golan, Marc Blitzstein, and Dov Seltzer.