Director
1930 - 1998
Gerhard Scheumann
Gerhard Scheumann was born on December 25, 1930 in Ortelsburg, East Prussia, Germany [now Szczytno, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Pilots in Pajamas (1968), Der Präsident im Exil (1969) and Am Wassergraben (1978). He died on May 30, 1998... Read full bio →
Der lachende Mann - Bekenntnisse eines Mörders
Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann
1966
1h 6m
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.
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