MARRIAGE OF MR. MISSISSIPPI

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
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;
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	West Germany; Switzerland;
Language	German

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

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^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 121
^ "Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi". Film Portal. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ Koczian, Johanna von; Held, Martin (1 March 1961). "Justiz-Krise". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 14 February 2012.
^ "The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi". Film Affinity. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.