The Beggar's Opera
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The Beggar's Opera

The Beggar's Opera (1953)

Genres - Crime, History, Music  |   Sub-Genres - Musical  |   Release Date - Aug 24, 1953  |   Run Time - 94 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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The Beggar's Opera is a 1953 British historical musical film, a Technicolor adaptation of John Gay's 1728 ballad opera of the same name. The film, directed by Peter Brook in his feature film debut, stars Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, Dorothy Tutin, Stanley Holloway, Daphne Anderson and Athene Seyler. Olivier and Holloway provide their own singing, but Tutin and others were dubbed.

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Official Site

https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/beggars-opera

Themes

British

Tags

British, Captain Macheath, Opera

Attributes

Narrative Location: London
Subject: capital punishment

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Alternate Titles

A Ópera dos Mendigos
PT
Ao Pé do Cadafalso
BR
Die Bettleroper
DE
I opera tou zitianou (O vasilefs ton aliton)
GR
Il masnadiero
IT
Koldusopera
HU
L'opéra des gueux
BE, FR
Lykkeridderen
DK
Opera żebracza
PL
Ryttaren i röda kappan
SE
The Beggar's Opera
CA, ES, GB, US
Tiggeroperaen
NO
Опера жебраків
UA
Опера нищих
RU
三文オペラ（1953）
JP