The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi explained

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
Director:	Kurt Hoffmann
Music:	Hans-Martin Majewski
Cinematography:	Sven Nykvist
Editing:	Hermann Haller
Distributor:	UFA Film Hansa
Runtime:	95 minutes
Language:	German

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (German: '''Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi''') is a 1961 Swiss-West German comedy film directed and co-written by Kurt Hoffmann and starring O.E. Hasse, Johanna von Koczian and Martin Held.^{[1] [2]} It is based on the 1952 play of the same name by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.^[3] It was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival.^[4] The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin, and on location in Zurich. The sets were designed by the art directors Hertha Hareiter and Otto Pischinger.

Cast

• O.E. Hasse as Florestan Mississippi
• Johanna von Koczian as Anastasia
• Hansjörg Felmy as Graf Bodo von Überlohe-Zabernsee
• Martin Held as Frédéric René Saint-Claude
• Charles Régnier as Sir Thomas Jones - Justizminister
• Max Haufler as Van Bosch
• Ruedi Walter as McGoy
• Karl Lieffen as Santamaria
• Hanns Ernst Jäger as Schlender
• Edith Hancke as Lukretia
• Otto Graf as Ministerpräsident
• Tilo von Berlepsch as Außenminister
• Kunibert Gensichen as Informationsminister
• Herbert Weissbach as Finanzminister

Bibliography

• Book: Hans-Michael . Bock . Tim . Bergfelder . The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema . Berghahn Books . 2009 . 978-1-57181-655-9 .

Notes and References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 121
2. Web site: Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi . Film Portal . 3 January 2018.
3. Web site: Koczian. Johanna von . Held . Martin . 1 March 1961 . Justiz-Krise . German . . 14 February 2012.
4. Web site: The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi . Film Affinity . 3 July 2021.