The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
1961 film
- Kurt Hoffmann
- Hans Schweikart
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- Artur Brauner
- Lazar Wechsler [de]
- O.E. Hasse
- Johanna von Koczian
- Martin Held
Production
companies
companies
- CCC Film
- Praesens-Film [de]
Release date
- 24 June 1961 (1961-06-24)
Running time
- West Germany
- Switzerland
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
References
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 121
- ^ "Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi". Film Portal. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ Koczian, Johanna von; Held, Martin (1 March 1961). "Justiz-Krise". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ^ "The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi". Film Affinity. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
External links
- The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi at IMDb
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