The Laughing Man

The Laughing Man (1966)

Der lachende Mann - Bekenntnisse eines Mörders

Confessions Of A Murderer

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.

Date of release
1966-02-09
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 6m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Munich

The Laughing Man – Confessions of a Murderer, commonly referred to as The Laughing Man is an East German film released in 1966. The film was directed by Walter Heynowski and Gerhard Scheumann.

Production

During the creation of the film, Heynowski and Scheumann claimed to have encountered significant problems with the East German state film studio DEFA, influencing their later decision to seek autonomy from the studio. Director for newsreels and documentaries at DEFA Rolf Schnabel contested these claims.

The documentary was shot in late 1965 in Munich, West Germany.

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