The 3 Penny Opera
“Let the fantasy take you far, far away...”
1931•1h 52m•7.1•Released
MusicCrime
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'.
Director
G.W. Pabst
Writer
Béla Balázs, Ladislaus Vajda, Léo Lania
Languages
German
Studio
Nero-Film AG
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
Production
Company
Nero-Film AG
Company
Tobis Filmkunst
Producer
Seymour Nebenzal
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