Documentary · East Germany · 1966 · 1h 6m

The Laughing Man

Der lachende Mann - Bekenntnisse eines Mörders

Director

Walter Heynowski Gerhard Scheumann

Cast

Siegfried Müller as Self Hermann Herlinghaus as Narrator (voice)

Crew

Traute Wischnewski — Editor Walter Heynowski — Writer Gerhard Scheumann — Writer Jochen Stoff — Producer

Tagline

Confessions Of A Murderer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

world war ii biography confession of crime

Key Collaborators

Walter Heynowski Director Gerhard Scheumann Director Traute Wischnewski Editor Walter Heynowski Writer Gerhard Scheumann Writer Jochen Stoff Producer

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