The Beggar's Opera (1953)
Directed by Peter Brook. Starring Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, Eric Pohlmann

Authentic rendering of John Gay's 18th century musical, filmed in Technicolor, about Captain MacHeath,
a highwayman, and his love for too many beautiful women.
While waiting to be hanged, the captain is entertained by a musical beggar,
who has written an opera of which the highwayman is the hero.

Bertold Brecht adapted the storyline for his 3 penny opera .