The American Soldier
– Ricky returns to Munich from Vietnam and is promptly hired as a contract killer in Fassbinder’s su..
Ricky returns to Munich from Vietnam and is promptly hired as a contract killer in Fassbinder’s subversive and experimental gangster movie.
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30 May 1975
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German
Director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Main Actors:
Karl Scheydt, Elga Sorbas, Jan George, Hark Bohm
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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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