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The Threepenny Opera

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The Threepenny Opera

The marvelous Mack-The-Knife musical is cutting up on the screen now!

5.0

2h 4m

1963

“The marvelous Mack-The-Knife musical is cutting up on the screen now!”

Synopsis

The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.

Director

Wolfgang Staudte

MusicDrama

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Cast & Crew

Curd Jürgens

Curd Jürgens

as Macheath, genannt Mackie Messer

Hildegard Knef

Hildegard Knef

as Spelunken-Jenny

Gert Fröbe

Gert Fröbe

as Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum

Hilde Hildebrand

Hilde Hildebrand

as Cella Peachum, seine Frau

Lino Ventura

Lino Ventura

as Brown, Polizeichef von London

Walter Giller

Walter Giller

as Bettler Filch

Henning Schlüter

Henning Schlüter

as Pastor Kimball

Siegfried Wischnewski

Siegfried Wischnewski

as Münz-Matthias

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr.

as Moritatensänger

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