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American Soldier (The)
Original Title
Der Amerikanische Soldat- Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Producer: Peer Raben; Rainer Werner Fassbinder
CGiii Comment
Early Fassbinder...and, a perplexing piece of rubbish.
If this was made as a joke...then, only Fassbinder and his ass-licking chums are laughing.
A remarkable career by an [mostly] unremarkable filmmaker.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Ricky is a cold-blooded U.S. German contract killer. After serving in Viet Nam, he returns to his home town of Munich to eliminate a few problem crooks for three renegade cops. He inspects his old neighborhood with his childhood accomplice Franz Walsch, and pays a short visit to his mother and doting brother. When Ricky asks the hotel clerk for a girl, one of the cops sends his girlfriend Rosa. However, she falls for the killer.
Cast & Characters
Karl Scheydt as Ricky;
Elga Sorbas as Rosa von Praunheim;
Jan George as Jan;
Hark Bohm as Doc;
Marius Aicher as Polizist;
Margarethe von Trotta as Zimmermadchen;
Ulli Lommel as Zigeuner;
Katrin Schaake as Magdalena Fuller;
Ingrid Caven as Sangerin;
Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Rickys Mutter