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The 3 Penny Opera (1931)

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

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Overview

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
  • Valeska Gert Mrs. Peachum
  • Lotte Lenya Lotte Lenya Jenny
  • Hermann Thimig Hermann Thimig The Vicar
  • 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
  • Oskar Höcker Mackie Messer's Gang Member
  • Krafft-Raschig Mackie Messer's Gang Member
  • Herbert Grünbaum Filch
  • Sylvia Torff Whorehouse owner