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A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 80%. Scores higher than 75% of the 55 1930s music movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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'.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
63 audience votes
Key crew
- G.W. PabstDirector
- Béla BalázsScreenplay
- Ladislaus VajdaScreenplay
- Léo LaniaScreenplay
Cast
- Rudolf ForsterMackie Messer
- Carola NeherPolly
- Reinhold SchünzelTiger-Brown
- Fritz RaspPeachum
- Valeska GertMrs. Peachum
- Lotte LenyaJenny
- Hermann ThimigThe Vicar
- Ernst BuschThe Street Singer
- Vladimir SokoloffSmith, the Jailer
- Paul KempMackie Messer's Gang Member
- Gustav PüttjerMackie Messer's Gang Member
- Oskar HöckerMackie Messer's Gang Member
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Themes
prostitutecorruptionmusicalvictorian englandsocial satirecriminal underworldstage playbeggar clanbrechtian theatre