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.
Unfortunately the movie The Beggar's Opera is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Jiří Menzel | Director |
| Camera | Jaromír Šofr | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jan Klusák | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jiří Menzel | Adaptation |
| Editing | Jiří Brožek | Editor |
| Writing | Jiří Menzel | Creative Producer |
| Production | Jan Šuster | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Eva Kadaňková | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Monika Maratová | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Annika Eisel-Šonka | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Eric Chaikin | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Zuzana Přibíková | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Václav Havel | Screenplay |
| Writing | Václav Havel | Theatre Play |
| Writing | John Gay | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Jiří Menzel | Screenplay |
| Crew | Pavel Hajný | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Richard Valenta | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Tomáš Hruška | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Antonín Mařík | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Karel Havelka | Camera Technician |
| Art | Zbyněk Hloch | Production Design |
| Art | Milan Býček | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zuzana Máchová | Lead Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Věra Linhartová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irena Seidlová | Costumer |
| Art | Bedřich Čermák | Property Master |
| Art | Jaroslav Lehman | Props |
| Art | Rudolf Beneš | Props |
| Art | Miloslav Dvořák | Props |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tomáš Kuchta | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleš Kocián | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tereza Kolihová | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Petr Blažek | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Eva Horázná | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Jiří Hora | Sound |
| Sound | Mstislav Pilný | Sound Assistant |
| Production | Jan Šuster | Production Manager |
| Production | Jan Hadrbolec | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Jan Peterka | Production Accountant |
| Production | Roman Molnár | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Pavel Štěrba | Assistant Production Manager |
| Camera | Eva Blažková | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Soňa Nemcová | Clapper Loader |
| Lighting | Jiří Půlpán | Gaffer |
| Camera | Miloslav Mirvald | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Štěpán Koníček | Conductor |
| Sound | Jiří Zobač | Music Director |
