Tod am Mississippi

USA 1964: Three young men are arrested on suspicion of speeding. As it turns out, they are employees of a civil rights center in Mississippi who are fighting against the racist Ku Klux Klan. The disappearance of the activists leads to a political scandal in the USA. There are riots and demonstrations against the president's civil rights policy. Despite smear campaigns in the south of the USA, a trial is held in which the background is to be clarified. But the real perpetrators have their own laws...

Country:

East Germany

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

86 minutes

Year:

1974

Director:

Ralph Boettner

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Company:

Fernsehen der DDR

Cast:
Jiří Lír

Moore

Josef Šebek

Butler

Fritz Bartholdt

Sheriff Rainey

Ulrich Teschner

Hilfssheriff Price

Michael Narloch

Crew:
Brigitte Krex

Editor

Helmut Grewald

Director of Photography

Ralph Boettner

Director

Ralph Boettner

Writer

Kurt Rückmann

Writer