Directed by:
Georg Wilhelm PabstComposer:
Kurt WeillCast:
Reinhold Schünzel, Fritz Rasp, Lotte Lenya, Gustav Püttjer, Vladimir Sokoloff, Hermann Thimig, Marcel Merminod, Paul Kemp, Oskar Höcker, Sylvia Torf (more)VOD (2)
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Set in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, The Threepenny Opera follows underworld antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) as he tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities. With its palpable evocation of corruption and dread, Pabst's Threepenny Opera remains a benchmark of early sound cinema. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Reinhold Schünzel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505203_68280e.jpg)
Reinhold Schünzel
German Empire
Best movies:
Notorious (1946)
Eerie Tales (1919)
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
![Fritz Rasp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/634/161634873_e135a6.jpg)
Fritz Rasp
German Empire
Best movies:
Metropolis (1927)
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Emil and the Detectives (1931)
![Lotte Lenya](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/906/157906628_080c7d.jpg)
Lotte Lenya
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
From Russia with Love (1963)
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
The Appointment (1969)
![Gustav Püttjer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789568_45bb4a.jpg)
Gustav Püttjer
German Empire
Best movies:
Comradeship (1931)
The White Dove (1960)
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
![Vladimir Sokoloff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505390_10f801.jpg)
Vladimir Sokoloff
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Love Crazy (1941)
Scarlet Street (1945)
![Hermann Thimig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/263/158263963_98f0ef.jpg)
Hermann Thimig
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
A Night in Paradise (1931)
Viktor and Viktoria (1933)
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
Marcel Merminod
Switzerland
Best movies:
Comradeship (1931)
The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
![Paul Kemp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/739/160739474_2d30a8.jpg)
Paul Kemp
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
The Stars Shine (1938)
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
Oskar Höcker
German Empire
Best movies:
Comradeship (1931)
The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
Sylvia Torf
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Street of Sorrow (1925)
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
Carola Neher
German Empire
Best movies:
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
![Rudolf Forster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/732/160732550_c889fe.jpg)
Rudolf Forster
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Brainwashed (1960)
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
![Valeska Gert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496850_93be6b.jpg)
Valeska Gert
German Empire
Best movies:
The Street of Sorrow (1925)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Coup de grâce (1976)
![Albert Préjean](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440663_ccb8b1.jpg)
Albert Préjean
France
Best movies:
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
![Florelle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505304_bc5fde.jpg)
Florelle
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1934) (series)
Gervaise (1956)
L'Atlantide (1932)
Ernst Busch
German Empire
Best movies:
Comradeship (1931)
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)