The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
movie
Released June 23, 1961
Genres:
Overview
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.
Cast
O.E. Hasse
as
Florestan Mississippi
Johanna von Koczian
as
Anastasia
Martin Held
as
Frédéric René Saint-Claude
Hansjörg Felmy
as
Graf Bodo von Überlohe-Zabernsee
Charles Regnier
as
Sir Thomas Jones
Edith Hancke
as
Lukretia
Max Haufler
as
van Bosch
Karl Lieffen
as
Santamaria
Ruedi Walter
as
McGoy
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Herbert Weißbach
as
Finanzminister
Gudrun Genest
as
Kanzlistin
Tilo von Berlepsch
as
Außenminister
Crew
Kurt Hoffmann
as
Director
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
as
Screenplay
Artur Brauner
as
Producer
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Lazar Wechsler
as
Producer
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Hans-Martin Majewski
as
Music
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Hermann Haller
as
Editor
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Otto Pischinger
as
Production Design
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Hertha Hareiter
as
Production Design
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Charlotte Flemming
as
Costume Design
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Ursula Mrukwa
as
Makeup Artist
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Alois Woppmann
as
Makeup Artist
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Fritz Anton
as
Unit Manager