The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi

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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.

Country:

Germany,

Switzerland

Genre:

Comedy

Duration:

0 minutes

Year:

1961

Director:

Kurt Hoffmann

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Company:

CCC Filmkunst,

Praesens-Film

Cast:
O.E. Hasse

Florestan Mississippi

Johanna von Koczian

Anastasia

Martin Held

Frédéric René Saint-Claude

Hansjörg Felmy

Graf Bodo von Überlohe-Zabernsee

Charles Regnier

Sir Thomas Jones

Crew:
Kurt Hoffmann

Director

Alois Woppmann

Makeup Artist

Bruno Kohler

Sound Assistant

Ursula Mrukwa

Makeup Artist

Regina Maack

Production Assistant