Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning with the original hugely successful 1728 political satire written by Englishman John Gay. Composers and writers have penned variations on it ever since. The most famous of these was A Threepenny Opera by Bertholt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Some things these compositions share in common is their setting among the poor and criminal classes, and the roguish character Macheath. This production is based on an adaptation of Gay's original by Vaclav Havel the freedom-fighter, writer and philosopher who became the first (and only) president of the united post-communist country of Czechoslovakia, and it retains many traces of its theatrical origins. Film reviewers were not too tolerant of what they called "slavish adherence" to the noted Czech writer's stage production, but theater, philosophy and history buffs may feel otherwise.
The Beggar's Opera has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Beggar's Opera was released in 1991 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 1 reviews, giving The Beggar's Opera (1991) an average rating of 60%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The Beggar's Opera a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 60%, The Beggar's Opera is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1991, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1991 with similar scores include films like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, Pretty Woman and Begotten.
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