Béla Balázs

Based on the Bela Bartok opera, Bluebeard woos his women and then swiftly disposes of them. (imdb)

In London at the turn of the century, the bandit Mack the Knife marries Polly without the knowledge of her father, Peachum, the 'king of the beggars'. (imdb)

Junta is hated by the people in the village where she lives, especially by the women, who suspect her of being a witch. Only she can climb the nearby mountains to a cave high up, whence a mysterious blue light glows when the moon is full. Many young men of the village have died trying to follow her. She is driven out of town, and takes to living in the mountains. Eventually she shares the secret of the blue light with one man, and he betrays it. (imdb)

A band of runaways and orphans of the war scour the countryside in search of food and shelter (imdb)

French version of Pabst's The 3 Penny Opera where a bandit, Mack the Knife, marries the daughter of an underworld kingpin.

The story of a young boy growing up at the beginning of the 20th century (Bryan Burns)

A presentation of the one-act Bartok opera in which Judith enters Bluebeard's castle, only to discover that it contains seven locked rooms.