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'.



Reinhold Schünzel
Tiger-Brown

Fritz Rasp
Peachum

Valeska Gert
Mrs. Peachum

Lotte Lenya
Jenny

Hermann Thimig
The Vicar

Ernst Busch
The Street Singer