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
  • 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
  • 1967
    Heimweh nach der Zukunft. Max Steenbeck erzählt

    Heimweh nach der Zukunft. Max Steenbeck erzählt

    Heimweh nach der Zukunft. Max Steenbeck erzählt

    91967HD

    Documentary on physicist Max Steenbeck

    Heimweh nach der Zukunft. Max Steenbeck erzählt
  • 1978
    The Dead Are Not Silent

    The Dead Are Not Silent

    The Dead Are Not Silent

    91978HD

    Moy de Tohá and Isabel Letelier tell their story. They are the widows of two Defence Ministers of the Unidad Popular, who knew too much.

    The Dead Are Not Silent
  • 1967
    Witching Hour

    Witching Hour

    Witching Hour

    101967HD

    An interview with Madame Buchela, a West German clairvoyant.

    Witching Hour
  • 1967
    Der Fall Bernd K.

    Der Fall Bernd K.

    Der Fall Bernd K.

    01967HD

    Documentary on Bernd Köhlert, a West German mercenary whose death in the Congo caused a sensation

    Der Fall Bernd K.
  • 1974
    I Was, I Am, I Will Be

    I Was, I Am, I Will Be

    I Was, I Am, I Will Be

    7.51974HD

    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
  • 1969
    The President in Exile

    The President in Exile

    The President in Exile

    101969HD

    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
  • 1974
    Psalm 18

    Psalm 18

    Psalm 18

    101974HD

    A service is ordered by the Junta in praise of the Junta. The Cardinal, forced to utter Benedictions, resorts to words for all those who suffer and...

    Psalm 18
  • 1974
    The War of the Mummies

    The War of the Mummies

    The War of the Mummies

    91974HD

    The country is portrayed before and after the storm of the military to the government palace “La Moneda” when Salvador Allende is killed...

    The War of the Mummies
  • 1975
    The White Coup

    The White Coup

    The White Coup

    81975HD

    At the parliamentary elections that the Unidad Popular won, there were activities to overthrow Salvador Allende. By a white, supposedly clean coup,...

    The White Coup
  • 1989
    The Man Who Met the Trains

    The Man Who Met the Trains

    The Man Who Met the Trains

    01989HD

    A top administrator in the Federal German armed forces measures the machinery of murder at Auschwitz according to the effiency principle, and deems...

    The Man Who Met the Trains
  • 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
  • 1988
    Die Lüge und der Tod

    Die Lüge und der Tod

    Die Lüge und der Tod

    01988HD

    Together with Stephan Hermlin, H&S examine two five-minute film documents in this film, which were shot in 1941 on behalf of the Gestapo. The...

    Die Lüge und der Tod
  • 1966
    Grüße von Ost nach West

    Grüße von Ost nach West

    Grüße von Ost nach West

    01966HD

    Documentary film

    Grüße von Ost nach West
  • 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
  • 1980
    Kampuchea: Death and Resurrection

    Kampuchea: Death and Resurrection

    Kampuchea: Death and Resurrection

    91980HD

    The scenes filmed during spring 1979 in Kampuchea/Cambodia are part of history: a metropolis left to rampant nature, skull heaps, destroyed faces and...

    Kampuchea: Death and Resurrection
  • 1976
    Immer wenn der Steiner kam

    Immer wenn der Steiner kam

    Immer wenn der Steiner kam

    01976HD

    A film about German mercenary soldiers.

    Immer wenn der Steiner kam
  • 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

    81976HD

    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
    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