---
title: 'The Threepenny Opera (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wolfgang Staudte'
released: '1962-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 124
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-threepenny-opera-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055932/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Threepenny Opera (1962)

1962 · 124 min · Drama · Germany, France

Original title: Die Dreigroschenoper

## Synopsis

The Threepenny Opera is a 1963 West German-French musical crime drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Curd Jürgens, Hildegard Knef and Gert Fröbe. Sammy Davis Jr. appeared as a street singer of ballads. It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Spandau Studios and Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hein Heckroth. It is based on the 1928 play The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, itself inspired by the 18th-century British work The Beggar's Opera. A previous film adaptation The Threepenny Opera had been produced in 1931.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Wolfgang Staudte](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-staudte)
- **Screenplay:** [Wolfgang Staudte](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-staudte), [Günther Weisenborn](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-weisenborn)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kurt Weill](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-weill)
- **Producer:** [Kurt Ulrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-ulrich)
- **Director of Photography:** [Roger Fellous](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-fellous)
- **Editor:** [Wolfgang Wehrum](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-wehrum)

## Cast

- [Walter Giller](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-giller)
- [Siegfried Wischnewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-wischnewski)
- [Adelin Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/adelin-wagner)
- [Walter Feuchtenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-feuchtenberg)
- [Jürgen Feindt](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-feindt)
- [Lino Ventura](https://cinepixo.com/people/lino-ventura)
- [Sammy Davis Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/sammy-davis-jr)
- [Hilde Hildebrand](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilde-hildebrand)
- [Hildegard Knef](https://cinepixo.com/people/hildegard-knef)
- [Gert Fröbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/gert-frobe)
- [Robert Manuel](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-manuel)
- [Hans Reiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-reiser)
- [Hans W. Hamacher](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-w-hamacher)
- [Erna Haffner](https://cinepixo.com/people/erna-haffner)
- [Stefan Wigger](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-wigger)

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