The 3 Penny Opera

The 3 Penny Opera

112 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music | Feb. 18, 1931

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'.

The 3 Penny Opera

112 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music | Feb. 18, 1931

The 3 Penny Opera
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'.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Tobis Filmkunst, Nero-Film AG
Original title Die 3 Groschen-Oper
Directors G.W. Pabst
Writers Léo Lania, Béla Balázs, Ladislaus Vajda, Bertolt Brecht

Cast

Rudolf Forster

as Mackie Messer

Carola Neher

as Polly

Reinhold Schünzel

as Tiger-Brown

Fritz Rasp

as Peachum

Valeska Gert

as Mrs. Peachum

Lotte Lenya

as Jenny

Hermann Thimig

as The Vicar

Ernst Busch

as The Street Singer

Vladimir Sokoloff

as Smith, the Jailer

Paul Kemp

as Mackie Messer's Gang Member

Gustav Püttjer

as Mackie Messer's Gang Member

Oskar Höcker

as Mackie Messer's Gang Member

Krafft-Raschig

as Mackie Messer's Gang Member

Sylvia Torff

as Whorehouse owner