The Threepenny Opera

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.

• Wolfgang StaudteDirector
• Wolfgang StaudteWriter
• Bertolt BrechtWriter
• Günther WeisenbornWriter

• Curd JürgensMacheath, genannt Mackie Messer
• Hildegard KnefSpelunken-Jenny
• Gert FröbeJonathan Jeremiah Peachum
• Hilde HildebrandCella Peachum, seine Frau
• Lino VenturaBrown, Polizeichef von London
• Walter GillerBettler Filch
• Henning SchlüterPastor Kimball
• Siegfried WischnewskiMünz-Matthias
• Sammy Davis Jr.Moritatensänger
• Martin BerlinerTrauerweiden-Walter
• June RitchieCast
• Marlene WarrlichCast