The Threepenny Opera

IMDb link: 0022235
IMDb rating: 7.2 (2,730 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Cast: Rudolf Forster, Albert Prejean, Florelle, Carola Neher and others

Release date: 8 Dec 1933
Release year: 1933
Runtime: 104 minutes
Country: Germany, United States
Keywords: thief, satire comedy, daughter, police, crowning, rat, social inequality, poverty, wedding party, police chief, Die 3 Groschen-Oper

Plot:

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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