The Beggar's Opera - Production & Contact Info

The Beggar's Opera (1991)
94 min | Comedy, Drama

The Beggar's Opera (1991)

94 min | Comedy, Drama

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.

Director

Jiří Menzel (as Jirí Menzel)

Writers

John Gay (libretto "The Beggar's Opera") | Václav Havel (play) | Jiří Menzel (adaptation) (as Jirí Menzel)

Producers

Jiří Menzel (producer) (as Jirí Menzel) | Jan Šuster (producer) (as Jan Suster)

Composer

Jan Klusák

Cinematographer

Jaromír Šofr (as Jaromír Sofr)

Editor

Jiří Brožek (as Jirí Brozek)

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Updated Sep 6, 1991

Release date

Oct 1991 (Czechoslovakia)

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32 cast members

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