The American Soldier
| The American Soldier | |
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 Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Screenplay by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Produced by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Dietrich Lohmann |
| Edited by | Thea Eymesz |
| Music by | Peer Raben |
Production company |
Antiteater |
Release date |
9 October 1970 (International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg) |
Running time |
80 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
| Budget | DEM 280,000 (estimated) |
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 Bar 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