The Laughing Man
1966, German. Directed by Gerhard Scheumann & Walter Heynowski.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 9 February 1966
- Original title
- Der lachende Mann - Bekenntnisse eines Mörders
- Country
- East Germany
- Written by
- Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann
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The Laughing Man runs 66 minutes (1h 6m).
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The Laughing Man isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 February 1966. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Laughing Man?
If you liked The Laughing Man, try Night Will Fall, The Accountant of Auschwitz, Voyeur.
Who directed The Laughing Man?
The Laughing Man (1966) was directed by Gerhard Scheumann and Walter Heynowski and stars Siegfried Müller, Hermann Herlinghaus.