The film was banned by the Nazi Party in 1933 and prints of the film were destroyed. The film was restored and reconstructed in the 1960s.
For those who try and translate the title as "The Three Dime Opera" or the "Thirty-Cent Opera," it should be noted that German title "Die 3 Groschen-Opera" translates very well into English as the "Threepenny Opera." 3d (Threepence) in the UK was, in pre-decimal times (pre-1971), the closest equivalent to 3% of a pound. (There were 240 pence in the pound, not 100)
Debut of actress Lotte Lenya.
The French title "L'opéra de quat'sous" translates literally into English as "The Four-Nickel Opera", "The Four-Shilling Opera", or "The 20-Cent Opera", since the sou was a coin worth five centimes, and the centime was the French equivalent of a penny in pre-Euro currency.
Of the main credited players, only Vladimir Sokoloff (Smith) and Hermann Thimig (Pastor) repeated their roles from the German version, the rest of the cast was completely different.