The Threepenny Opera

The Threepenny Opera

9.019952h 43mmovie

The Threepenny Opera proclaims itself "an opera for beggars," and it was in fact an attempt both to satirize traditional opera and operetta and to create a new kind of musical theater based on the theories of two young German artists, composer Kurt Weill and poet-playwright Bert Brecht. The show opens with a mock-Baroq...

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Friedrich Karl Praetorius

Friedrich Karl Praetorius

Macheath, genannt Mackie Messer

Jürgen Holtz

Jürgen Holtz

Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum

Ingeborg Engelmann

Ingeborg Engelmann

Celia Peachum, seine Frau

Katherina Lange

Katherina Lange

Polly Peachum, seine Tochter

Axel Böhmert

Axel Böhmert

Brown, Polizeichef von London

Dorothee Hartinger

Dorothee Hartinger

Lucy, seine Tochter

Carola Regnier

Carola Regnier

Die Spelunken-Jenny

Wilfried Elste

Wilfried Elste

Pastor Kimball

Stephan Grossmann

Stephan Grossmann

Filch / Trauerweiden-Walter

Michael Lucke

Michael Lucke

Ein Moritatensänger / Münz-Matthias

Jörg Pose

Jörg Pose

Makenfinger-Jakob

Waldemar Kobus

Waldemar Kobus

Säge-Robert

Eva-Maria Strien

Eva-Maria Strien

Alte Hure

Corinna Schnabel

Corinna Schnabel

Vixen

Renate Wicke

Renate Wicke

Dolly