The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.
Cast & crew
Wolfgang StaudteDirector
Curd JürgensMacheath, genannt Mackie Messer
Hildegard KnefSpelunken-Jenny
Gert FröbeJonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Hilde HildebrandCella Peachum, seine Frau
Lino VenturaBrown, Polizeichef von London
Walter GillerBettler Filch
Henning SchlüterPastor Kimball
Siegfried WischnewskiMünz-Matthias
