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Tod am Mississippi 1974 Directed by Ralph Boettner

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 Germany
Production Country East Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Gnere Drama
Production Company Fernsehen der DDR
Release Date 27 June 1974
86 mins