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
as Berthold Brecht
Tobias Moretti
as Macheath
Hannah Herzsprung
as Polly / Carola Neher
Joachim Król
as Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Claudia Michelsen
as Frau Peachum
Christian Redl
as Tiger Brown
Robert Stadlober
as Kurt Weill
Britta Hammelstein
as Lotte Lenya/Jenny
Peri Baumeister
as Elisabeth Hauptmann
Meike Droste
as Helene Weigel
Hendrik Heutmann
as Sam
Godehard Giese
as Seymour Nebenzahl