The Beggar's Opera (1953)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | The Beggar's Opera |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Screenplay | |
| Original work |
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| Production country |
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| Production company | |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Dialogue |
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| Swedish release | 1953-10-16 |
Cast
Titles
| Original title |
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| Swedish release title |
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Crew
| Director | |
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| Screenplay | |
| Producer | |
| Production Manager |
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| Director of Photography | |
| Music | |
| Choreography | |
| Production Designer |
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| Film Editor |
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| Production Mixer | |
| Assistant Director | |
| Script Supervisor | |
| Dialogue |
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| Associate Producer | |
| Production Assistant | |
| Casting | |
| Camera Operator | |
| Still Photographer | |
| Special Photographic Effects | |
| Assistant Cameraman | |
| Musical Arrangement |
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| Assistant Production Designer | |
| Set Decorator | |
| Costume Designer | |
| Make-up Supervisor | |
| Hair Stylist | |
| Assistant Costume Designer | |
| Assistant Film Editor | |
| Sound Assistant | |
| Sound Editor | |
| Other Crew |
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Cast
| Laurence Olivier | kapten Macheath | ||
| Stanley Holloway | Lockit | ||
| George Devine | Peachum | ||
| Mary Clare | Mrs. Peachum | ||
| Athene Seyler | Mrs. Trapes | ||
| Dorothy Tutin | Polly Peachum | ||
| Daphne Anderson | Lucy Lockit | ||
| Hugh Griffith | tiggaren | ||
| Margot Grahame | skådespelerskan | ||
| Denis Cannan | John, lakej | ||
| George Rose | första vaktkonstapeln | ||
| Stuart Burge | första fången | ||
| Cyril Conway | andra fången | ||
| Gerald Lawson | tredje fången | ||
| Eileen Harvey | ung kvinnlig resenär | ||
| Edward Pryor | Filch | ||
| Eric Pohlmann | värdshusvärden | ||
| Edith Coates | Mrs. Coaxer | ||
| Yvonne Furneaux | Jenny Diver | ||
| Kenneth Williams | Jack, the pot boy | ||
| Sandra Dorne | Sukey Tawdrey | ||
| Laurence Naismith | Matt of the Mint | ||
| Max Brent | fyllo | ||
| Mercy Haystead | Dolly Trall | ||
| Patricia Raine | Mrs. Slammekin | ||
| Jocelyn James | Molly Brazen | ||
| Isabel George | Mrs. Vixen | ||
| Helen Christie | Betty Doxey | ||
| John Kidd | andra vaktkonstapeln | ||
| Herbert C. Walton (as H.C. Walton) | tredje vaktkonstapeln | ||
| Eugene Leahy | fjärde vaktkonstapeln | ||
| Edgar Norfolk | femte vaktkonstapeln | ||
| Oliver Hunter | förste ordföranden | ||
| John Baker | andre ordföranden | ||
| Madge Brindley | ginförsäljerskan | ||
| Felix Felton | ståthållaren | ||
| Tamba Allenby | pagen | ||
| Terence Greenidge | prästen | ||
| Billy Wells | bödeln | ||
| Adele Leigh | Polly Peachums sångröst | ||
| Bruce Boyle | Peachums sångröst | ||
| Edith Coates | Mrs. Peachums sångröst | ||
| Joan Cross | Mrs. Trapes' sångröst | ||
| Jennifer Vyvyan | Lucy Lockits sångröst | ||
| John Cameron | sångröst |
Companies
| Production Company | Imperadio Pictures Ltd. | ||
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| A Herbert Wilcox Production | |||
| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | AB Wivefilm | 1953 |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 82801 |
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| Date | 1953-09 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 2650 meters |
| Notes | Visningskopiornas längd: 2 570 m. |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.37:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | Optical mono |
| Colour type | Colour |
| Colour system | Technicolor |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in metres | 2592 meter |
| Length in minutes | 95 min |
Original work
Release dates
| First showing | Baronet Theater | New York, New York | USA | |||
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| Release in Sweden | 1953-10-16 | Grand | Stockholm | Sweden | 94 min |
Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
| Element type | |
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | Smaller than 40 x 75 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | About 60 x 80 cm |
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| Quantity | 1 |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | SET |
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| Colour prints | 6 |
| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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