The Beggar's Opera

IMDb link: 0103325
IMDb rating: 7 (195 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Director: Jiri Menzel
Cast: Josef Abrham, Nina Diviskova, Libuse Safrankova, Marian Labuda and others

Release date: 1 Oct 1991
Release year: 1991
Runtime: 94 minutes
Country: Czechoslovakia
Keywords: literature on screen, czech literature on screen, british literature on screen, mack the knife character, reference to mack the knife, scheme, manipulator, manipulative woman, manipulative behavior, psychological manipulation

Plot:

Screen version of the play written in 1728 of the same name, portrays the underworld of Mafia-like gangsters and the rivalry and animosity between the various different gangs.

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