The 3 Penny Opera
Let the fantasy take you far, far away...
1931
112
minutes
Crime, Music
Directed By:
G.W. Pabst
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'.
Language
German
Release Date
February 18, 1931
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
Show Full Crew
Directing
Writing
Ladislaus Vajda
Writer
Béla Balázs
Writer
Bertolt Brecht
Writer
Bertolt Brecht
Lyricist
Léo Lania
Writer
Production
Editing
Costume & Make-Up
Sound
Camera
Art