The 3 Penny Opera
“Let the fantasy take you far, far away...”
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'.
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Cast
15 people
Rudolf Forster
Mackie Messer
Also in
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Dawn
Carola Neher
Polly
Also in
The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop
Reinhold Schünzel
Tiger-Brown
Known for
Notorious
Different from the Others
Fritz Rasp
Peachum
Known for
Metropolis
Diary of a Lost Girl
Valeska Gert
Mrs. Peachum
Known for
Juliet of the Spirits
People on Sunday
Lotte Lenya
Jenny
Known for
From Russia with Love
Semi-Tough
Hermann Thimig
The Vicar
Known for
The Doll
Ernst Busch
The Street Singer
Also in
Comradeship
Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?
Vladimir Sokoloff
Smith, the Jailer
Known for
The Magnificent Seven
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Paul Kemp
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Known for
M
Gustav Püttjer
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Known for
Westfront 1918
Oskar Höcker
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Also in
Comradeship
Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
G.W. Pabst Director · Ladislaus Vajda Screenplay Béla Balázs Screenplay
United States release May 16, 1931 · Produced in Germany · Production Tobis Filmkunst, Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
Nero-Film AG
Production
Tobis Filmkunst
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Die 3 Groschen-Oper
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · February 18, 1931
Theatrical
United States · May 16, 1931
Theatrical
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