Music ·Crime · Germany · 1931 · 1h 52m

The 3 Penny Opera

Die 3 Groschen-Oper

The 3 Penny Opera poster
Director
G.W. Pabst
Cast
Rudolf Forster as Mackie Messer Carola Neher as Polly Reinhold Schünzel as Tiger-Brown Fritz Rasp as Peachum Valeska Gert as Mrs. Peachum Lotte Lenya as Jenny
Crew
Fritz Arno Wagner — Director of Photography Jean Oser — Editor Béla Balázs — Screenplay Ladislaus Vajda — Screenplay Léo Lania — Screenplay Bertolt Brecht — Story
Tagline

Let the fantasy take you far, far away...

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'.

Mood & Themes
prostitutecorruptionmusicalvictorian englandsocial satirecriminal underworldstage playbeggar clanbrechtian theatre
Key Collaborators
G.W. Pabst Director Fritz Arno Wagner Director of Photography Jean Oser Editor Béla Balázs Screenplay Ladislaus Vajda Screenplay Léo Lania Screenplay Bertolt Brecht Story Seymour Nebenzal Producer Max Pretzfelder Costume Design
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