The Laughing Man

6.8 / 10

(17 votes)

Posing as West German journalists, East German documentary filmmakers Heynowski and Scheumann pay a visit to the notorious Nazi-turned-mercenary Siegfried “Kongo” Müller, pump him with booze, and get him to talk about his life and war campaigns in Africa.

Country:

East Germany

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

66 minutes

Year:

1966

Director:

Walter Heynowski

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Company:

Fernsehen der DDR,

DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme

Cast:
Siegfried Müller

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Hermann Herlinghaus

Narrator (voice)

Crew:
Traute Wischnewski

Editor

Walter Heynowski

Director

Jochen Stoff

Producer

Gerhard Scheumann

Director

Horst Donth

Cinematography