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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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