The 3 Penny Opera
Let the fantasy take you far, far away...
Directed by G.W. Pabst
Produced by Nero-Film AG, Tobis Filmkunst
A darkly satirical musical stage adaptation that uses Brechtian alienation and cynical wit to expose the moral corruption lurking beneath Victorian society's veneer.
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'.
Essence
Ensemble
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
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