The 3 Penny Opera (1931)

Name: The 3 Penny Opera
Genre: Music, Crime
Released: 1931-02-18
Duration: 112 min
Cast: Rudolf Forster, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel, Fritz Rasp, Valeska Gert

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'.

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Released 1931-02-18 · 112 min · Music, Crime

Directed by 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
Hermann Thimig as The Vicar
Ernst Busch as The Street Singer
Vladimir Sokoloff as Smith, the Jailer
Paul Kemp as Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Gustav Püttjer as Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Oskar Höcker as Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Krafft-Raschig as Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Herbert Grünbaum as Filch
Sylvia Torff as Whorehouse owner