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Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film

Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film

2018•2h 10m•7.1/10
DramaComedyFantasy

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7.1/10(34)

Following the phenomenal success of “The Threepenny Opera”, the film industry wants to win over the celebrated author. But Bertolt Brecht is not prepared to play by their rules. His concept of the “Threepenny Film” is radical, uncompromising, political, and incisive.

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Production

Zeitsprung Pictures, Velvet Films, ARD

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Lars Eidinger

Lars Eidinger

Berthold Brecht

Tobias Moretti

Tobias Moretti

Macheath

Hannah Herzsprung

Hannah Herzsprung

Polly / Carola Neher

Joachim Król

Joachim Król

Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum

Claudia Michelsen

Claudia Michelsen

Frau Peachum

Christian Redl

Christian Redl

Tiger Brown

Robert Stadlober

Robert Stadlober

Kurt Weill

Britta Hammelstein

Britta Hammelstein

Lotte Lenya/Jenny

Peri Baumeister

Peri Baumeister

Elisabeth Hauptmann

Meike Droste

Meike Droste

Helene Weigel

Hendrik Heutmann

Hendrik Heutmann

Sam

Godehard Giese

Godehard Giese

Seymour Nebenzahl

Paul Schlase

Paul Schlase

Matthias

Jesse Albert

Jesse Albert

Sägerobert

Marcus Calvin

Marcus Calvin

Konstabler Smith

Hanna Plaß

Hanna Plaß

Lucy

Daniel Drewes

Daniel Drewes

Caspar Neher

Robert Dölle

Robert Dölle

Richter Weigert

Martin Thiel

Maschinendirektor Sachs

Hanno Friedrich

Hanno Friedrich

Journalist

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