Kommando 52
MovieTitle | Kommando 52 |
User score | 5 |
Release date | Nov 15, 1965 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Walter Heynowski |
Production country | East Germany, Germany |
Production companies | DEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme |
Run time | 34 min. |
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- backed by tape recordings of interviewed mercenaries and photos of murdered Africans - it creates a hard hitting historical document.