Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny

Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (1977)

None | East Germany | German | 147 min | 1977
Directed by: Joachim Herz, Georg Mielke
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An opera chronicling the development and demise of the 'paradise city' of Mahagonny in a series of tableaux capturing the baser aspects of human nature. Three criminals create the city in order to trap money: it is a place of pleasure, where no one works, everyone drinks, gambles, brawls and visits prostitutes, and all that matters is whether you can pay your way. A hurricane passing dangerously close to the city encourages complete lawlessness and debauchery, and soon the raving, delirious city destroys itself.

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