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.

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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