The 3 Penny Opera

1h 52m
MusicCrime
7.1

In London at the turn of the century, underworld kingpin Mack the Knife marries Polly Peachum without the knowledge of her father, the equally enterprising 'king of the beggars'.

Cast

Rudolf Forster
Mackie Messer
Carola Neher
Polly
Reinhold Schünzel
Tiger-Brown
Fritz Rasp
Peachum
Valeska Gert
Mrs. Peachum
Lotte Lenya
Jenny
Hermann Thimig
The Vicar
Ernst Busch
The Street Singer
Vladimir Sokoloff
Smith, the Jailer
Paul Kemp
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Gustav Püttjer
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Oskar Höcker
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Krafft-Raschig
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Herbert Grünbaum
Filch
Sylvia Torff
Whorehouse owner

Crew

G.W. Pabst
Director
Léo Lania
Adaptation, Screenplay
Béla Balázs
Adaptation, Screenplay
Ninon Steinhoff
Adaptation
Solange Térac
Adaptation
Ladislaus Vajda
Adaptation, Screenplay
André Mauprey
Adaptation
Bertolt Brecht
Story, Theatre Play
Jean Oser
Editor
Fritz Arno Wagner
Director of Photography
Seymour Nebenzal
Producer
Max Pretzfelder
Costume Design
Paul Dannenberg
Makeup Artist
Adolf Jansen
Sound Designer
Kurt Weill
Music, Songs
Andrej Andrejew
Art Direction

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