The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi

1961 · ★ 5.5 · Comedy

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.

Directed by Kurt Hoffmann · Written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

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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
Edith Hancke Lukretia
Max Haufler van Bosch
Karl Lieffen Santamaria
Ruedi Walter McGoy
Herbert Weißbach Finanzminister
Gudrun Genest Kanzlistin
Tilo von Berlepsch Außenminister

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