The American Soldier

Name: The American Soldier
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Genre: Drama, Crime, Action
Released: 1971-07-23
Duration: 4800000 s
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Karl Scheydt, Elga Sorbas, Jan George

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Not Rated

1971 80mDrama, Crime,

6.579%55%6.3

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.

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Cast of The American Soldier

Karl ScheydtRicky
Elga SorbasRosa von Praunheim
Jan GeorgeJan
Hark BohmDoc
Ulli LommelTony le Gitano
Katrin SchaakeMagdalena Fuller
Margarethe von TrottaMaid
Ingrid CavenSinger
Eva Ingeborg ScholzRicky's Mother
Kurt RaabRicky's Brother / Production Design / Assistant Director
Irm HermannWhore
Gustl DatzChief of Police
Marius AicherPolice Officer
Marquard BohmPrivate Detective (uncredited)
Rainer Werner FassbinderFranz Walsch (uncredited) / Director / Writer / Producer / Production Design / Songs
Peer RabenHotel Receptionist (uncredited) / Producer / Original Music Composer
Dietrich LohmannDirector Of Photography
Sybille DanzerMakeup Artist
Thea EymèszEditor
Christian HohoffProduction Manager