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P.S. to The Laughing Man

1966 · 60 min

A sober, quietly furious documentary that lays out evidence with cold patience, letting testimony and archival images build a slow sense of moral indictment.

Directed by
Walter Heynowski, Peter Voigt
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Siegfried Müller
Overview
The epilogue to the film "The Laughing Man" (1966), which alternates between objectivity and anger, exposes the involvement of the West German mercenary Siegfried Müller in the war against the Congolese government Lumumba. In the sequel, new witnesses against Major Müller have their say, including a former school friend and a French paratrooper colonel. GDR lawyer Kaul reports on the status of the criminal proceedings against Müller, while the final images show the war criminal feeding the ducks in South Africa.

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Directed by
Walter Heynowski, Peter Voigt
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Siegfried Müller
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    • violence
    • justice
    • corruption
    • power
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    adult
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Walter Heynowski, Peter Voigt
    Written by
    Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann
    Starring
    Siegfried Müller
    Cinematography
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    Runtime
    60 min
    Country
    East Germany
    Languages
    German

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