The 3 Penny Opera (1931)

★ 7.1/10 112 min Music, Crime Germany German

Director: G.W. Pabst

Story by: Bertolt Brecht
Theatre Play: Bertolt Brecht
Screenplay by: Béla Balázs, Ladislaus Vajda, Léo Lania
Adaptations: Léo Lania, Béla Balázs, Ninon Steinhoff, Solange Térac, Ladislaus Vajda, André Mauprey

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Description

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'.

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

The 3 Penny Opera Appears on 2 Curated Movie Lists

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Criterion Collection

Criterion Collection #403

Filmmaker Curation

Martin Scorsese's Alternative List of Favorite Films

LaCinetek #60