The Laughing Man
“Confessions Of A Murderer”
1966•1h 6m•6.8•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Gerhard Scheumann
Writer
Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann
Languages
German
Studio
Fernsehen der DDR
Cast
Siegfried Müller
Self
Hermann Herlinghaus
Narrator (voice)
Production
Company
Fernsehen der DDR
Company
DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Producer
Jochen Stoff
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