The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (1961)
Florestan Mississippi, a public prosecutor by profession, visits a lady named Anastasia and, while drinking coffee with her, convicts her of poisoning her husband. At the same time, he asks for her hand in marriage, as he too has killed his wife with poison; the marriage is to be the "atonement" of the two poisoners. The four allegorical personifications in this comedy are, in addition to the loveless, absolute justice in the form of the prosecutor Mississippi, perfect equality, represented by the world revolutionary Saint-Claude, Christian love, embodied in the down-and-out, alcoholic tropical doctor Count Uebelohe-Zabernsee, and finally the "Frau Welt" of the old mystery play – Anastasia, who falls for everyone and betrays everyone, loves nothing but the moment, and dies with an invoked untruth on her lips.
Director:
Kurt Hoffmann
Writer:
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
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O.E. Hasse as Florestan Mississippi |
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Johanna von Koczian as Anastasia |
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Martin Held as Frédéric René Saint-Claude |
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Hansjörg Felmy as Graf Bodo von Überlohe-Zabernsee |
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Charles Regnier as Sir Thomas Jones |
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Edith Hancke as Lukretia |
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Max Haufler as van Bosch |
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Karl Lieffen as Santamaria |
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Ruedi Walter as McGoy |
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Herbert Weißbach as Finanzminister |
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Gudrun Genest as Kanzlistin |
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Tilo von Berlepsch as Außenminister |
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Jochen Blume as Sekretär Beuss |
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Hanns Ernst Jäger as Schlender |
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Joachim Boldt as Polizeileutnant |
| Directing | Kurt Hoffmann | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alois Woppmann | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Bruno Kohler | Sound Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ursula Mrukwa | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Regina Maack | Production Assistant |
| Writing | Friedrich Dürrenmatt | Screenplay |
| Art | Otto Pischinger | Production Design |
| Art | Günter Beer | Props |
| Sound | Clemens Tütsch | Sound |
| Production | Artur Brauner | Producer |
| Production | Fritz Anton | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Herbert Müller | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Eberhard Schröder | Assistant Director |
| Production | Peter Möschlin | Unit Manager |
| Production | Lazar Wechsler | Producer |
| Sound | Hans-Martin Majewski | Music |
| Art | Fritz Moritz | Props |
| Sound | Alfred Braun | Sound Assistant |
| Camera | Peter Wester | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Gisela Neumann | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Günter Franke | Props |
| Directing | Ursula Müller | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Hermann Haller | Editor |
| Production | Max Dora | Production Manager |
| Art | Hertha Hareiter | Production Design |
| Camera | Li Erben | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charlotte Flemming | Costume Design |
| Production | Georg Kroschel | Unit Manager |
| Production | Kurt Rose | Production Accountant |
| Camera | Sven Nykvist | Director of Photography |
