The American Soldier
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRainer Werner Fassbinder
Screenplay byRainer Werner Fassbinder
Produced byRainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring
  • Karl Scheydt
  • Elga Sorbas
  • Jan George
  • Hark Bohm
  • Marius Aicher
CinematographyDietrich Lohmann
Edited byThea Eymesz
Music byPeer Raben
Production
company
Antiteater
Release date
9 October 1970 (International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg)[1]
Running time
80 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman
BudgetDEM 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

References

  1. "Der amerikanische Soldat". filmportal.de. Retrieved 29 February 2016.


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