Presents Bertolt Brecht's play "The Threepenny Opera", which satirizes the bourgeois society of the Weimar Republic through the love story of Polly Peachum and "Mack the Knife" Macheath.
After making a bargain with the devil, Faust is promised a single moment of utter contentment in exchange for his soul, and after he regains his youth Faust travels in search of all forms of earthly pleasures.
An elderly millionairesse returns to her home town and turns what has been a depressed area into a boom town. Soon the townspeople realize they have become enmeshed in her vengeful plot: murder.
The devil makes a bargain with the aged Faust. If Faust is granted one moment of complete contentment, he loses his soul. Faust regains his youth and travels to enjoy every form of early pleasure.
Presents a critical assessment of the writings of twentieth-century playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht, examining the connections between his drama and politics.
