1966

The Laughing Man

Name: The Laughing Man
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1966-02-09
Rating: 6.8

Confessions Of A Murderer

Documentary1h 6m

6.8/10

6.8

TMDB

Storyline

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.

Details

DirectorsGerhard Scheumann, Walter Heynowski

ReleasedFeb 9, 1966

StatusReleased

Original languageGerman

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studios

Fernsehen der DDR

DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme

Cast

S

Siegfried Müller

Self

H

Hermann Herlinghaus

Narrator (voice)

Reviews

2 reviews · 1 critic

1 fresh · 0 rotten

P

Penelope Houston

RTThe SpectatorJul 9, 2018

Even with the stumbling block of an English translation, the encounter is an extraordinary double-edged document: a piece of 1960 history which ought to be seen, and preserved.

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