"In London at the turn of the century, underworld kingpin Mack the Knife marries Polly Peachum without the knowledge of her father, the equally enterprising 'king of the beggars'."
Rudolf Forster
as Mackie Messer
Carola Neher
as Polly
Reinhold Schünzel
as Tiger-Brown
Fritz Rasp
as Peachum
Valeska Gert
as Mrs. Peachum
Lotte Lenya
as Jenny
Hermann Thimig
as The Vicar
Ernst Busch
as The Street Singer
Vladimir Sokoloff
as Smith, the Jailer
Paul Kemp
as Mackie Messer's Gang Member
Gustav Püttjer
Oskar Höcker
Krafft-Raschig
Herbert Grünbaum
as Filch
Sylvia Torff
as Whorehouse owner
G.W. Pabst
Director
Bertolt Brecht
Writer
Paul Dannenberg
Makeup Artist
Jean Oser
Editor
Kurt Weill
Music
Seymour Nebenzal
Producer
Max Pretzfelder
Costume Design
Fritz Arno Wagner
Director of Photography
Andrej Andrejew
Art Direction
Lyricist
Songs
Ladislaus Vajda
Léo Lania
Béla Balázs
Adolf Jansen
Sound Designer
Original Film Writer
John Gay