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Kommando 52

Kommando 52

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 15, 1965

Runtime

0h 34m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

50%

Original Title

Kommando 52

Production Companies

DEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme

Director

Walter Heynowski

Description

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- backed by tape recordings of interviewed mercenaries and photos of murdered Africans - it creates a hard hitting historical document.