Rudolf Forster as Mackie Messer

Carola Neher as Polly

Reinhold Schünzel as Tiger-Brown

Fritz Rasp as Peachum

Valeska Gert as Mrs. Peachum

Lotte Lenya as Jenny

Hermann Thimig as The Vicar

Ernst Busch as The Street Singer

Vladimir Sokoloff as Smith, the Jailer

Paul Kemp as Mackie Messer's Gang Member

Gustav Püttjer as Mackie Messer's Gang Member

Oskar Höcker as Mackie Messer's Gang Member

Krafft-Raschig as Mackie Messer's Gang Member

Herbert Grünbaum as Filch

Sylvia Torff as Whorehouse owner