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.
Lars Eidinger
Berthold Brecht
Tobias Moretti
Macheath
Hannah Herzsprung
Polly / Carola Neher
Joachim Król
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Claudia Michelsen
Frau Peachum
Christian Redl
Tiger Brown
Robert Stadlober
Kurt Weill
Britta Hammelstein
Lotte Lenya/Jenny
Peri Baumeister
Elisabeth Hauptmann
Meike Droste
Helene Weigel
Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film is a drama, comedy, fantasy film released in 2018. Directed by Joachim Lang, it stars Lars Eidinger, Tobias Moretti, Hannah Herzsprung. 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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