The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
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'.
Director:
G.W. Pabst
Writers:
Béla Balázs, Ladislaus Vajda, Léo Lania.
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Rudolf Forster as Mackie Messer |
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Carola Neher as Polly |
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Reinhold Schünzel as Tiger-Brown |
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Fritz Rasp as Peachum |
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Valeska Gert as Mrs. Peachum |
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Lotte Lenya as Jenny |
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Hermann Thimig as The Vicar |
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Ernst Busch as The Street Singer |
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Vladimir Sokoloff as Smith, the Jailer |
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Paul Kemp as Mackie Messer's Gang Member |
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Gustav Püttjer as Mackie Messer's Gang Member |
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Oskar Höcker as Mackie Messer's Gang Member |
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Krafft-Raschig as Mackie Messer's Gang Member |
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Herbert Grünbaum as Filch |
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Sylvia Torff as Whorehouse owner |
| Directing | G.W. Pabst | Director |
| Production | Seymour Nebenzal | Producer |
| Editing | Jean Oser | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Max Pretzfelder | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Dannenberg | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Kurt Weill | Music |
| Camera | Fritz Arno Wagner | Director of Photography |
| Art | Andrej Andrejew | Art Direction |
| Sound | Kurt Weill | Songs |
| Sound | Adolf Jansen | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Bertolt Brecht | Story |
| Writing | Bertolt Brecht | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Béla Balázs | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ladislaus Vajda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Léo Lania | Screenplay |
| Writing | Léo Lania | Adaptation |
| Writing | Béla Balázs | Adaptation |
| Writing | Ninon Steinhoff | Adaptation |
| Writing | Solange Térac | Adaptation |
| Writing | Ladislaus Vajda | Adaptation |
| Writing | André Mauprey | Adaptation |
