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...
Released in 1974, Tod am Mississippi is a drama film from Fernsehen der DDR (East Germany). It was directed by Ralph Boettner and written by Ralph Boettner and Kurt Rückmann. The cast is led by Jiří Lír, Josef Šebek, Fritz Bartholdt, Ulrich Teschner and Michael Narloch. With a runtime of 1h 26m, the film averages 10.0/10 across 1 TMDB ratings.
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