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The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (German: Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi) is a 1961 Swiss-West German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring O.E. Hasse, Johanna von Koczian and Martin Held.[1][2] It is based on the 1952 play with the same title 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.

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
Film poster
Directed by	Kurt Hoffmann
Written by	Kurt Hoffmann Hans Schweikart
Based on	The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Produced by	Artur Brauner Lazar Wechsler [de]
Starring	O.E. Hasse Johanna von Koczian Martin Held
Cinematography	Sven Nykvist
Edited by	Hermann Haller
Music by	Hans-Martin Majewski
Production companies	CCC Film Praesens-Film [de]
Distributed by	UFA Film Hansa
Release date	24 June 1961 (1961-06-24)
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	West Germany Switzerland
Language	German

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

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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