The Threepenny Opera

Genre: Music | DramaRuntime: 2h 4mRelease: 28th February, 1963

Directors: Wolfgang StaudteLanguages: GermanCountry: Germany, France

Plot: 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.

Company: Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion, C.E.C. Films

Cast:

Curd Jürgens

Macheath, genannt Mackie Messer

Hildegard Knef

The Threepenny Opera

Cast:

Curd Jürgens

Macheath, genannt Mackie Messer

Hildegard Knef

Spelunken-Jenny

Gert Fröbe

Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum

Hilde Hildebrand

Cella Peachum, seine Frau

Lino Ventura

Brown, Polizeichef von London

Walter Giller

Bettler Filch