The Threepenny Opera
The marvelous Mack-The-Knife musical is cutting up on the screen now!
Directed by Wolfgang Staudte
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.
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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
Henning Schlüter
Pastor Kimball
Siegfried Wischnewski
Münz-Matthias
Sammy Davis Jr.
Moritatensänger
Martin Berliner
Trauerweiden-Walter
June Ritchie
Marlene Warrlich
Hans W. Hamacher
Hans Reiser
Walter Feuchtenberg