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Der amerikanische Soldat (1970)
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Overview
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder (writer)
Release Date:
9 October 1970 (West Germany) more
Plot:
Ricky is a cold-blooded German-American contract killer. After serving in Vietnam he returns to his... more | add synopsis
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Experimental and Justifiable Plagiarism more (14 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Karl Scheydt | ... | Ricky |
| Elga Sorbas | ... | Rosa von Praunheim |
| Jan George | ... | Jan |
| Hark Bohm | ... | Doc |
| Marius Aicher | ... | Polizist |
| Margarethe von Trotta | ... | Zimmermädchen |
| Ulli Lommel | ... | Zigeuner |
| Katrin Schaake | ... | Magdalena Fuller |
| Ingrid Caven | ... | Sängerin |
| Eva Ingeborg Scholz | ... | Rickys Mutter |
| Kurt Raab | ... | Rickys Bruder |
| Irm Hermann | ... | Hure |
| Gustl Datz | ... | Polizeipräsident |
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The American Soldier (USA)
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80 min
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Singapore:R21 (cut) | UK:15 (original rating) | UK:18 (re-rating) (2007) | Finland:K-16 | West Germany:16
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Ricky: W as in war, A as in Alamo, L as in Lenin, S as in science fiction, C as in crime, and H as in Hell. more
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Spin off Angst essen Seele auf (1974) more
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So Much Tenderness more
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The European pseudo-noirs of the 60s and 70s reaped the benefits of being able to skip a number of steps in the writing process simply by adopting styles and themes from previous films. What was left was to add one's own spin to an existing story. Fassbinder was a genius at taking a style and making it his own, not in a superficially Tarantino-ish way, but in a way that was at once equally unique and dependent, retaining the benefits of a style and pushing it even further into his own territory.
In this sense, this film is an early experiment: a war veteran turned contract killer stoically carrying out his duties, but in a post-war German environment and with homoerotic undertones galore. But it's remarkably coherent and compelling considering how little the plot gives away explicitly. Indeed, this would become one of his trademarks.
4 out of 5 - An excellent film