The Laughing Man

Year: 1966

Runtime: 66 mins

Language: German

Directors: Gerhard Scheumann, Walter Heynowski

Documentary

Posing as West German journalists, East German documentarians Heynowski and Scheumann travel to interview the infamous former Nazi and mercenary Siegfried “Kongo” Müller. Over drinks they coax him into recounting his wartime exploits and mercenary campaigns across Africa, revealing brutal anecdotes and his own twisted justifications.

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