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In London at the turn of the century, underworld kingpin Mack the Knife marries Polly Peachum without the knowledge of her father, the equally enterprising 'king of the beggars'.
Keywords
prostitute
corruption
musical
victorian england
social satire
criminal underworld
stage play
beggar clan
brechtian theatre
Casts
Rudolf Forster
Mackie Messer
Carola Neher
Polly
Reinhold Schünzel
Tiger-Brown
Fritz Rasp
Peachum
Valeska Gert
Mrs. Peachum
Lotte Lenya
Jenny
Hermann Thimig
The Vicar
Ernst Busch
The Street Singer
Vladimir Sokoloff
Smith, the Jailer
Paul Kemp
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Gustav Püttjer
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Oskar Höcker
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Krafft-Raschig
Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Herbert Grünbaum
Filch
Sylvia Torff
Whorehouse owner
Crews
G.W. Pabst
Director
Bertolt Brecht
Writer
Seymour Nebenzal
Producer
Jean Oser
Editor
Max Pretzfelder
Costume Design
Paul Dannenberg
Makeup Artist
Kurt Weill
Music
Fritz Arno Wagner
Director of Photography
Andrej Andrejew
Art Direction
Kurt Weill
Songs
Bertolt Brecht
Lyricist
Léo Lania
Writer
Ladislaus Vajda
Writer
Béla Balázs
Writer
Adolf Jansen
Sound Designer
Bertolt Brecht
Original Film Writer
John Gay
Original Film Writer
Backdrops & Posters
