The 3 Penny Opera

Name: The 3 Penny Opera
Director: G.W. Pabst
Released: 1931
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Rudolf Forster, Lotte Lenya, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel, Albert Préjean

1931 · 112 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 2,621 VOTES · DIR. G.W. Pabst

Overview

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'.

Dialogue Timeline — 967 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:28 from the original negative in the German Federal Film Archives.

00:05:47 Mackie strolls along the dockside

00:17:24 It's about time!

00:23:27 Last Wednesday man and wife became

00:29:47 I'm so happy you could be here

00:34:56 That's as far as you can go

00:38:22 There was no such word as

00:41:12 so I must be going.

00:45:29 But I've seen better days myself.

00:49:48 Help me undress.

00:53:42 I'm no criminal.

00:56:23 Yeah, we're not getting involved in stock fraud.

00:59:27 to my wife.

01:03:56 Splendid! Our lady captain knows how to find the right word!

01:09:16 My jacket!

01:13:15 And the ship

01:21:13 Gentlemen of the board...

01:24:10 Of course!

01:29:09 Dawn is breaking.

01:32:26 There's no man who's bad enough

01:36:04 No, I won't!

01:39:13 What? Piccadilly?

01:45:39 elevated high above his fellow men.

01:48:21 The poorest man in London and the wealthy Mack the Knife -

Cast & Characters

Rudolf Forster Mackie Messer Lotte Lenya Jenny Carola Neher Polly Reinhold Schünzel Tiger-Brown Albert Préjean Mackie Florelle Polly Peachum Gaston Modot Peachum Margo Lion Jenny Fritz Rasp Peachum Valeska Gert Frau Peachum

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed967

Dialogue density8.6 lines / min

First line00:00:28

Final line01:48:21

Production Record

DirectorG.W. Pabst

LanguageGerman

IMDb votes2,621