The American Soldier
| The American Soldier | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Produced by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Screenplay by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Starring |
Karl Scheydt Elga Sorbas Jan George Hark Bohm Marius Aicher, |
| Music by | Peer Raben |
| Cinematography | Dietrich Lohmann |
| Edited by | Thea Eymesz |
Production company |
Antiteater |
Release date | 9 October 1970 (International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg)[1] |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
| Budget | DEM 280,000 (estimated) |
- For the large-scale psychological survey research project led by Samuel A. Stouffer in the 1940s, see Studies in Social Psychology in World War II: The American Soldier..
The American Soldier (German: Der amerikanische Soldat) is a 1970 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film stars Karl Scheydt as Ricky, a German-American Vietnam veteran, who takes a job as a hired assassin on behalf of three renegade policemen to do away with a number of undesirables in Munich.
Cast
- Karl Scheydt as Ricky
- Elga Sorbas as Rosa
- Jan George as Jan
- Hark Bohm as Doc
- Marius Aicher as Cop
- Margarethe von Trotta as Chambermaid
- Ulli Lommel as Gypsy
- Katrin Schaake as Magdalena Fuller
- Ingrid Caven as Singer
- Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Ricky's mother
- Kurt Raab as Ricky's brother
- Irm Hermann as Whore
- Gustl Datz as Chief of police
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Franz Walsch
References
- ↑ "Der amerikanische Soldat". filmportal.de. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
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