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A soldier's suicide gets weird when his phone holds something that shouldn't exist.
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Kongo (2010)

procedural gone cosmicheat-drenched paranoiamilitary bureaucracy meets the uncanny

Overview

FantasyDramaMystery

Nicki Ziegler, Oberleutnant der Feldjäger, wird zu einem Auslandseinsatz in den Ostkongo geschickt. Gemeinsam mit ihrem forschen Kollegen Werner Malinckrodt soll sie den Selbstmord des Soldaten Wenz klären. Tatsächlich deutet zunächst alles auf Selbstmord hin: Wenz kam mit den verstörenden Verhältnissen in dem afrikanischen Krisengebiet nicht klar und zudem wollte ihn offenbar seine Frau verlassen. Als Nicki auf dem Handy des Toten ein sonderbares Video findet, tendiert zu allerdings zu Mord...

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Standout Aspects

Acting

Maria Simon's restrained unraveling as Ziegler carries the whole film.

Cinematography

The Congo humidity practically drips through every suffocating frame.

Writing

The script trusts you to sit with questions it won't answer.

Best for:Solo: Late night when you want to feel unsettled and alone with your thoughts.·Friends: With that one friend who loves arguing about ambiguous endings.
Heads up:Disturbing: Suicide aftermath and psychological disintegration throughout.·Violence: Brief but upsetting military violence and implied war crimes.
Peter Keglevic

Director

Peter Keglevic

ReleasedOct 18, 2010
Runtime1h 30m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy

Top Cast

Jodi Balfour

Jodi Balfour

Johanna Wenz

Maria Simon

Maria Simon

Oberleutnant Nicole Ziegler

Jörg Schüttauf

Jörg Schüttauf

Hauptmann Kosak

Hannes Wegener

Hannes Wegener

Philipp

Maximilian Brückner

Maximilian Brückner

Werner Malinckrodt

Florence Kasumba

Florence Kasumba

Sprachmittlerin Noelle

David Rott

David Rott

Feldwebel Marco Bogner

Götz Schubert

Götz Schubert

Oberst Lonsky

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Director Peter Keglevic shot the Congo scenes in Namibia during an actual heatwave, with temperatures reaching 47°C — the cast's genuine exhaustion is visible on screen.

Insight

The film deliberately mirrors Heart of Darkness but replaces colonial hubris with German military bureaucratic detachment — the horror isn't witnessing evil, it's filling out forms about it.

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