In London at the turn of the century, the bandit Mack the Knife marries Polly without the knowledge of her father, Peachum, the 'king of the beggars'.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Rudolf Forster | ... | Mackie Messer | |
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Carola Neher | ... | Polly |
| Reinhold Schünzel | ... | Tiger-Brown | |
| Fritz Rasp | ... | Peachum | |
| Valeska Gert | ... | Mrs. Peachum | |
| Lotte Lenya | ... | Jenny (as Lotte Lenja) | |
| Hermann Thimig | ... | The Vicar | |
| Ernst Busch | ... | The Street Singer | |
| Vladimir Sokoloff | ... | Smith, the Jailer (as Wladimir Sokolow) | |
| Paul Kemp | ... | Mackie Messer's Gang Member | |
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Gustav Püttjer | ... | Mackie Messer's Gang Member |
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Oskar Höcker | ... | Mackie Messer's Gang Member |
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Krafft-Raschig | ... | Mackie Messer's Gang Member (as Kraft Raschig) |
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Herbert Grünbaum | ... | Filch |
| Sylvia Torf | ... | Whorehouse owner | |
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In London at the turn of the century, the bandit Mack the Knife marries Polly without the knowledge of her father, Peachum, the 'king of the beggars'. Written by Brian rawnsley <rawnsleb@natlib.govt.nz>
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The film was banned by the Nazi Party in 1933 and prints of the film were destroyed. The film was restored and reconstructed in the 1960s. See more »Quotes
Peachum: You too wish to be part of this splendid occasion. You, poorest of the poor, who'd long ago have perished in the sewers of Turnbridge if I hadn't spent sleepless nights devising a way to wring a few pence out of your poverty. For I've shown that the rich of this world have no qualms about causing misery but can't bear the sight of it. They have hard hearts but weak nerves. Well, we won't spare their nerves today! By the thousands we'll tear at their nerves, for our rags do not conceal our ...See more »
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Hard-biting cynicism of governments, crooks, the bourgeoisie, misanthropy, and corruption is as stingingly appropriate today as it was in 1931. The leads are well cast and well executed as gangster Mack the Knife and his bride don't care whose feathers they ruffle. However, both take a backseat to Lotte Lenya's unforgettable portrayal of Pirate Jenny which has stood for 70+ years at finest revenge-dream sequence ever filmed.
Eerily, one of the sycophantic government stooges is a dead-ringer for Donald Rumsfeld. The incomparable Weill score is reason enough to watch this richly textured, ahead-of-its-time operetta. One thing -- this would be a great candidate for restoration because the copy aired on the PBS stations (where I've seen it twice) is frayed so badly that some sequences are very tough to see.
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