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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'.
Directed by G.W. Pabst
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User score
63 votes
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Status
Released
Released
February 18, 1931
Runtime
1h 52m
Language
German
Top cast
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
Vladimir Sokoloff
Smith, the Jailer
Paul Kemp
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Gustav Püttjer
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Oskar Höcker
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Krafft-Raschig
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Herbert Grünbaum
Filch
Sylvia Torff
Whorehouse owner
