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 dates	9 October 1970 (International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg)^[1]
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 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.

External links

The American Soldier at the Internet Movie Database

Directorial works of Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Films	Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) Katzelmacher (1969) Gods of the Plague (1970) Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970) The American Soldier (1970) Whity (1971) Beware of a Holy Whore (1971) The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971) The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) Effi Briest (1974) Fox and His Friends (1975) Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven (1975) Satan's Brew (1976) Chinese Roulette (1976) Germany in Autumn (1978) Despair (1978) In a Year of 13 Moons (1978) The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) The Third Generation (1979) Lili Marleen (1981) Lola (1981) Veronika Voss (1982) Querelle (1982)

Television	The Niklashausen Journey (1970) Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971) Rio das Mortes (1971) Eight Hours Are Not a Day (1972-73) Bremen Freedom (1972) Jail Bait (1973) Nora Helmer (1973) World on a Wire (1973) Martha (1974) Fear of Fear (1975) I Only Want You To Love Me (1976) The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980, series)

Related	BRD Trilogy

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