The Laughing Man (1966)
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.
Directors: Gerhard Scheumann, Walter Heynowski.
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Siegfried Müller as Self |
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Hermann Herlinghaus as Narrator (voice) |
| Production | Jochen Stoff | Producer |
| Editing | Traute Wischnewski | Editor |
| Directing | Gerhard Scheumann | Director |
| Directing | Walter Heynowski | Director |
| Writing | Walter Heynowski | Writer |
| Writing | Gerhard Scheumann | Writer |
| Crew | Horst Donth | Cinematography |
| Crew | Peter Hellmich | Cinematography |