The 3 Penny Opera (1931)

  • NR
  • 05/16/1931 (US)
  • Music, Crime
  • 1h 52m

Let the fantasy take you far, far away...

Overview

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'.

G.W. Pabst

Director

Bertolt Brecht

Writer

Léo Lania

Writer

Ladislaus Vajda

Writer

Béla Balázs

Writer

Cast

Rudolf Forster's headshot

Rudolf Forster

Mackie Messer
Carola Neher's headshot

Carola Neher

Polly
Reinhold Schünzel's headshot

Reinhold Schünzel

Tiger-Brown
Fritz Rasp's headshot

Fritz Rasp

Peachum
Valeska Gert's headshot

Valeska Gert

Mrs. Peachum
Lotte Lenya's headshot

Lotte Lenya

Jenny
Hermann Thimig's headshot

Hermann Thimig

The Vicar
Ernst Busch's headshot

Ernst Busch

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