Kongomüller (2013)
29m
Running Time
October 22, 2013Release Date
Plot.
After numerous military operations, Major Müller can't find a way back into civilian life. Following his urge to communicate, the Major is looking for listeners and encouragement. He doesn't find either. Instead, the repeated monological memory of his own heroic deeds determines his present – with all the consequences. This 30-minute short film is based on the statements made by the mercenary Siegfried Müller in the documentary “The Laughing Man” (Walter Heynowski and Gerhard Scheumann, DEFA studio for newsreels and documentaries, 1966), as well as records from the German colonial period in Africa. An intensive contribution to the necessary public debate about the consequences of military operations.
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Cast & Crew.

Olaf Rauschenbach
Major Siegfried Müller / Producer / Idea / Writer / Director

Ninon Hensel
Naked Woman / Thanks

Harry Schiller
Man at Bar / Thanks

Dieter Ziegler
Restaurant Guest / Thanks

Laura Bertoldi
Makeup Artist

Fabian F.W. Exter
Director of Photography / Producer / Director

Dominik Wengert
Thanks

Caro Bischoff
Thanks

Tim Horstmann
Thanks

Fabian Hild
Sound Director

Niklas Jörges
Assistant Camera
Media.

Details.
This Movie Is About.
post traumatic stress disorder
congo
trauma
colonialism
post-colonial
german colonialism
war trauma
democratic republic of the congo
german
colonial history
war
german history
kongomüller
short