Gerhard Scheumann Movies

  • 1966
    The Laughing Man

    The Laughing Man

    The Laughing Man

    6.81966HD

    Posing as West German journalists, East German documentary filmmakers Heynowski and Scheumann pay a visit to the notorious Nazi-turned-mercenary...

    The Laughing Man
  • 1977
    The Iron Fortress

    The Iron Fortress

    The Iron Fortress

    01977HD

    Weeks after the victory in Vietnam, first pictures of a new humanity are captured: old and sick people preparing for their future, children on their...

    The Iron Fortress
  • 1969
    The President in Exile

    The President in Exile

    The President in Exile

    01969HD

    The President Dr. Walter Becher, officially the spokesman for the Sudeten German Homeland Association, called out the old flags, as he does every...

    The President in Exile
  • 1976
    Immer wenn der Steiner kam

    Immer wenn der Steiner kam

    Immer wenn der Steiner kam

    01976HD

    Documentary about mercenaries from West Germany

    Immer wenn der Steiner kam
  • 1987
    Der springende Punkt

    Der springende Punkt

    Der springende Punkt

    01987HD

    Archive footage of bomb detonations during the Second World War combined with abstract graphic elements which show the destructive potential of...

    Der springende Punkt
  • 1983
    Im Zeichen der Spinne

    Im Zeichen der Spinne

    Im Zeichen der Spinne

    01983HD

    Heynowski and Scheumann infiltrate the ultra-right-wing Chilean organization Patria y Libertad

    Im Zeichen der Spinne
  • 1978
    At the Ditch

    At the Ditch

    At the Ditch

    01978HD

    My Lai ten years after the massacre. Reconstruction of the crime at the place where it was committed; tracing the trail of squad leader Calley in the...

    At the Ditch
  • 1979
    Die fernen Freunde nah

    Die fernen Freunde nah

    Die fernen Freunde nah

    01979HD

    Report on a trip of Vietnamese guests to the GDR to attend the premiere of the documentary film „The Iron Fortress“ about the history of...

    Die fernen Freunde nah
  • 1976
    One Minute of Darkness Does Not Blind Us

    One Minute of Darkness Does Not Blind Us

    One Minute of Darkness Does Not Blind Us

    01976HD

    This documentary deals with the coup d'état of general Pinochet in Chile 1975 and its immediate aftermath: the harsh repression of left-wing...

    One Minute of Darkness Does Not Blind Us
  • 1977
    And Then the First Rice

    And Then the First Rice

    And Then the First Rice

    01977HD

    Stories from the first summer after the end of the war in Vietnam

    And Then the First Rice
  • 1983
    A Pillar In The Stream

    A Pillar In The Stream

    A Pillar In The Stream

    01983HD

    The story of communist Walter Zauner who in 1952 was one of the first in the Federal Republic to be convicted of sabotage of a military installation.

    A Pillar In The Stream
  • 1978
    Steadfast in Fire

    Steadfast in Fire

    Steadfast in Fire

    01978HD

    Reconstruction of the last hours in the presidential palace La Moneda during the coup d’état in Santiago de Chile in 1973. Salvador...

    Steadfast in Fire
  • 1966
    P.S. to The Laughing Man

    P.S. to The Laughing Man

    P.S. to The Laughing Man

    51966HD

    The epilogue to the film "The Laughing Man" (1966), which alternates between objectivity and anger, exposes the involvement of the West German...

    P.S. to The Laughing Man
  • 1970
    The Man Without a Past

    The Man Without a Past

    The Man Without a Past

    01970HD

    Horst Rudolf Überlacker is a young lawyer at the beginning of a promising career. At the end of the Second World War he was nine years old, but...

    The Man Without a Past
  • 1988
    Kamerad Krüger

    Kamerad Krüger

    Kamerad Krüger

    51988HD

    SS officer Walter Krüger talks about his career. Now he is Secretary of the „Kameradschaftsverband I. Panzerkorps der ehemaligen Waffen-SS...

    Kamerad Krüger
  • 1974
    I Was, I Am, I Will Be

    I Was, I Am, I Will Be

    I Was, I Am, I Will Be

    6.81974HD

    In the spring of 1974, a camera team from Studio H&S succeeded against the explicit orders of the Junta’s Chancellery, entered into two large...

    I Was, I Am, I Will Be
  • 1981
    The Angkar

    The Angkar

    The Angkar

    01981HD

    The Khmer word “angkar” signifies “organization”. The angkar of the Pol-Pot regime acted upon their own, unwritten laws....

    The Angkar
  • 1967
    400 cm³

    400 cm³

    400 cm³

    01967HD

    GDR anti-Vietnam propaganda film with footage of East Germans donating blood to be sent to the Viet Cong soldiers.

    400 cm³
  • 1977
    I Sincerely Repent

    I Sincerely Repent

    I Sincerely Repent

    01977HD

    Interviews with former generals of the South Vietnamese Army in the Quang Trung re-education camp, shortly after the end of the Vietnam War.

    I Sincerely Repent
  • 1975
    Geldsorgen

    Geldsorgen

    Geldsorgen

    01975HD

    Short film about General Eduardo Cano, who after the military coup became director of the Chilean central bank in the Pinochet dictatorship. Cano...

    Geldsorgen