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The 3 Penny Opera

7.1Feb 18, 19311h 52mMusicCrime

Directed by G.W. Pabst

Written by Bertolt Brecht, Bertolt Brecht, Béla Balázs, Ladislaus Vajda, Léo Lania

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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Cast

Rudolf Forster

Rudolf Forster

Mackie Messer

Carola Neher

Carola Neher

Polly

Reinhold Schünzel

Reinhold Schünzel

Tiger-Brown

Fritz Rasp

Fritz Rasp

Peachum

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Valeska Gert

Mrs. Peachum

Lotte Lenya

Lotte Lenya

Jenny

Hermann Thimig

Hermann Thimig

The Vicar

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Ernst Busch

The Street Singer

Vladimir Sokoloff

Vladimir Sokoloff

Smith, the Jailer

Paul Kemp

Paul Kemp

Mackie Messer's Gang Member

Gustav Püttjer

Gustav Püttjer

Mackie Messer's Gang Member

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Oskar Höcker

Mackie Messer's Gang Member

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