Kommando 52

original title:
Kommando 52
country / year of production:
German Democratic Republic / 1965
original length:
37 min. , black/white
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genre:
Documentary
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director:
Walter Heynowski , Gerhard Scheumann
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producer:
Walter Heynowski , Gerhard Scheumann
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plot synopsis:
A film of the infamous mercenary commando 52, which “acted” in the 60th in the Kongo in a brutal und cruel way. Mainly consisting out of west-germans, which became hit man. Based on testimonys and original (film)material, a harrowing documentation of the kongo war is generated.
keywords:
mercenaries , based on a true story , documentary , authenticity
war:
Congolese Civil War (1997-1999)
literature:
Christian Bunnenberg. Der "Kongo-Müller" - Eine deutsche Söldnerkarriere. Berlin: Lit, 2007.

Otto Köhler. Kongo-Müller oder Die Freiheit, die wir verteidigen. Mit einem Stenogramm von Alexander Mitscherlich. Frankfurt/M.: Bärmeier u. Nikel, 1966.
remarks:
The film, together with the „Lachenden Mann- Bekenntnisse eines Mörders” launched a big discussion about the reporaches raised by the DDR against the BRD to be “the hanchman of the US imperialism”. In "Lachenden Mann- Bekenntnisse eine Mörders" Walter Heynowski and Gerhard Scheumann were able to interview the drunken "Kongo Müller" who said, that he fought for the western values in the Kongo.
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