The Threepenny Opera
5.3
“The marvelous Mack-The-Knife musical is cutting up on the screen now!”
The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.
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Cast
23 people
Curd Jürgens
Macheath, genannt Mackie Messer
Known for
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Enemy Below
Hildegard Knef
Spelunken-Jenny
Known for
The Murderers Are Among Us
Fedora
Gert Fröbe
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Known for
Goldfinger
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Hilde Hildebrand
Cella Peachum, seine Frau
Also in
Port of Freedom
Victor and Victoria
Lino Ventura
Brown, Polizeichef von London
Known for
Army of Shadows
Crooks in Clover
Walter Giller
Bettler Filch
Known for
The Captain from Kopenick
Henning Schlüter
Pastor Kimball
Known for
What?
One, Two, Three
Siegfried Wischnewski
Münz-Matthias
Also in
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2
Ein Heim für Tiere
Sammy Davis Jr.
Moritatensänger
Known for
Ocean's Eleven
The Cannonball Run
Martin Berliner
Trauerweiden-Walter
Also in
Die höhere Schule
Zweierlei Maß
June Ritchie
Known for
A Kind of Loving
Marlene Warrlich
Also in
Vacation as Never Before
Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
Wolfgang Staudte Director · Bertolt Brecht Writer Günther Weisenborn Writer
First release February 28, 1963 · Produced in Germany, France · Production C.E.C. Films
Production
Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
Production
C.E.C. Films
Production
Germany · France
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Languages
Original title
Die Dreigroschenoper
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · February 28, 1963
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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