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The Threepenny Opera

The marvelous Mack-The-Knife musical is cutting up on the screen now!
Feb 28, 1963 · 2h 4m
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Drama

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
Directed by Wolfgang Staudte

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
DE
Budget
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Production
Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion, C.E.C. Films
Country
DE
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