The Threepenny Opera

Directed by G.W. Pabst
1931    1h 44mDrama, Comedy
6.833%6.6
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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  • Albert PréjeanMackie
  • FlorellePolly Peachum
  • Jacques HenleyTiger Brown
  • Gaston ModotJeremiah Peachum
  • Margo LionJenny
  • Antonin ArtaudUn mendiant
  • Vladimir SokoloffSmith
  • Bill Bocket
  • Hermann Thimig
  • G.W. PabstDirector
  • Bertolt BrechtWriter
  • Ladislaus VajdaWriter
  • Béla BalázsWriter
  • Léo LaniaWriter
  • André MaupreyWriter
  • Henri RustEditor
  • Kurt WeillSongs

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