Tod am Mississippi

Overview

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...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 27, 1974

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

East Germany

Production

Fernsehen der DDR

Cast

Hans Ulrich Laufer,Berko Acker,Fritz Bartholdt,Peter Sturm,Helmut Schellhardt,Marianne Behrens,Angel Stojanov,Arthur Jopp,Carl Heinz Choynski,Victor Beaumontand 16 more

Director

Ralph Boettner

Writer

Kurt Rückmann,Ralph Boettner

Cinematography

Helmut Grewald

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0337312