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Title The Laughing Man
Production Date 1967
Country of Production GDR (German Democratic Republic)
Duration 01:04:47
Production Company DEFA
Film Subject Era 1954-1975
Genre Interview
Summary An interview with Siegfried Müller, also known as 'Congo Müller', who is questioned by the film makers about his military career and his political views. [WARNING: contains distressing images of dead bodies.]
Subjects Military; Soldiers; Second World War (1939-1945); Anti-Communism; Nazism; Prisoners of war; NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation); Training; Guerrilla warfare; Racism; Politics; Government; Torture; Death; Entertainment; Medals (military); Vietnam War (1955-1975); Wars
Director Scheumann, Gerhard; Heynowski, Walter
Contributors
Camera:
Hellmich, Peter

Montage:
Wischnewski, Traute

Photography:
Donth, Horst

Collaborator:
Voigt, Peter

Assistant:
Petersen, Peter

Producer:
Stoff, Jochen

People Müller, Siegfried (1920-1983); Tshombe, Moise (1919-1969); Lübke, Heinrich (1894-1972); Sese Seko, Mobutu (1930-1997); Mellenthin, Friedrich von (1904-1997)
Places USA (United States of America); West Germany (FDR); Bavaria; Congo; South Africa; North Africa; Leopoldville (Kinshasa); South Vietnam; Vietnam; Germany
Fiction/Non Fiction Non Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Black and White
Film Format 16mm Comb BW pos
Language English (Narrator); English (Subtitles); German (Interviewee)
Module Wars & Revolutions
BFI Identifier N-507297
Copyright The British Film Institute