MusicCrime
The 3 Penny Opera
"Let the fantasy take you far, far away..."
User Score62 votes
71%7.1/10
Release1931→
Runtime1H 52M
LanguageGerman
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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'.
Principal Cast8
Rudolf Forster
Mackie Messer
Carola Neher
Polly
Reinhold Schünzel
Tiger-Brown
Fritz Rasp
Peachum
Valeska Gert
Mrs. Peachum
Lotte Lenya
Jenny
Hermann Thimig
The Vicar
Ernst Busch
The Street Singer
Media4
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Director
G.W. Pabst
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Keywords
prostitutecorruptionmusicalvictorian englandsocial satirecriminal underworldstage playbeggar clanbrechtian theatre
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Countries:Germany
Production:Nero-Film AGTobis Filmkunst