Kommando 52
1965 · 34m · N/A
Documentary
Directed by
Walter Heynowski
,
Gerhard Scheumann
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Kommando 52
Overview
The film deals with the infamous "Kommando 52", which was active in the 1960s civil war in the Congo and was recruited mainly from West German men. Among them is the former Wehrmacht officer Siegfried Müller. Based on personal accounts and original material - backed by tape recordings of interviewed mercenaries and photos of murdered Africans - it creates a hard hitting historical document.
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