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Fritz Rasp | Peachum | |
Lotte Lenya | Jenny | |
Rudolf Forster | Mackie Messer | |
Curd Jürgens | Macheath | |
Hildegard Knef | Jenny Diver | |
Gert Fröbe | J.J. Peachum | |
Hilde Hildebrand | Mrs. Celia Peachum | |
June Ritchie | Polly Peachum | |
Lino Ventura | Tiger Brown | |
Marlene Warrlich | Lucy | |
Walter Giller | Beggar Filch | |
Hans W. Hamacher | Smith | |
Henning Schlüter | Rev. Kimball | |
Milena Dravic | Milena | |
Ivica Vidovic | Vladimir Ilyich | |
Jagoda Kaloper | Jagoda | |
Tuli Kupferberg | US Soldier | |
Zoran Radmilovic | Radmilovic | |
Jackie Curtis | Herself | |
Miodrag Andric | Soldier | |
Zivka Matic | Landlady | |
Dragoljub Ivkov | ||
Nikola Milic | ||
Carola Neher | Polly | |
Reinhold Schunzel | Tiger-Brown | |
Valeska Gert | Mrs. Peachum | |
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 Hocker | Mackie Messer's Gang Member | |
Krafft-Raschig | Mackie Messer's Gang Member | |
Herbert Grünbaum | Filch | |
Sylvia Torf | Whorehouse owner |
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Producer | Seymour Nebenzal
Kurt Ulrich Heinz Willeg |
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Writer | Bertolt Brecht
Wolfgang Staudte Günther Weisenborn John Gay Béla Balázs |
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Cinematography | Fritz Arno Wagner
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The sly melodies of composer Kurt Weill and the daring of dramatist Bertolt Brecht come together onscreen under the direction of German auteur G.W. Pabst (Pandora's Box) in this classic adaptation of the Weimar-era theatrical sensation. Set in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, The Threepenny Opera follows underworld antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) as he tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities. With its palpable evocation of corruption and dread, set to Weill's irresistible score, The Threepenny Opera remains a benchmark of early sound cinema. It is presented here in both its celebrated German and rare French versions. |
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