Desc: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Directed by Brian Large. With Gwyneth Jones, Cornelius Smith, Wilbur Pauley, Catherine Malfitano. Depicts the consumerism of the mythical city of Mahagonny, conveying all its ripe decadence. A Hollywood Babylon full of pyramidal towers, carved elephants, commodified sex and licensed gluttony.