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"Posing as a West German TV production crew, the two East German directors of   
 this film persuaded a former leading German mercenary of the Congo civil war   
 (one of many!) to discuss his activities and heroic achievements in what       
 is surely one of the most sensational exposes of its kind. Continually smiling 
 or laughing, this man, a self-acknowledged Nazi, proudly reveals that he went  
 to the Congo to save Western civilization from Bolshevism -- to complete the   
 work of the Nazis. Dressed in his military jungle uniform (with his Second     
 World War decorations) he waxes eloquent about the 'colors' of South Africa,   
 'explains' apartheid, and freely discusses his 'adventures'. Shots of corpses, 
 tortures, and executions of Blacks are intercut. It is not often that one can  
 see and hear a real, 'live' Nazi in action, talking (more or less) freely      
 because he presumed himself to be among friends instead of with two of the     
 most clever political propagandists of our time, working for the other side."  
                                                                                
                                         -- Amos Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art
                                                                                
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                                                            prⅳate cinema berlin
                                                                u kottbusser tor
                                                     sunday, october 25, 9:30 pm
                                                                                
                                                               der lachende mann
                                            walter heynowski & gerhard scheumann
                                                                     1966 63 min
                                                                                
                                                           ps zum lachenden mann
                                            walter heynowski & gerhard scheumann
                                                                     1966 54 min
                                                                                
                                                                  12 seats, rsvp
                                                          first come first serve
                                                       location in separate mail
                                                                                
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