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The American Soldier

1970
Comedy
Drama
1h 20m
Ricky is a cold-blooded German-American contract killer. After serving in Vietnam 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. (imdb)
Directed by:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written by:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring:
Karl Scheydt Karl Scheydt Margarethe von Trotta Margarethe von Trotta Elga Sorbas Hark Bohm Hark Bohm Jan George Marius Aicher
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Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Crime
AKA:
Amerikanische Soldat, Der
Country:
West Germany
Language:
German
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The American Soldier

1970
Comedy
Drama
1h 20m
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Avg Percentile 49.11% from 126 total ratings
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Rated 19 Feb 2024
75
76th
frbrownfrbrown
Rated 24 Nov 2023
30
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fergenapridoFergenaprido
Rated 14 Oct 2023
56
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doyler29doyler29
Rated 12 Sep 2023
90
87th
epistemeEpisteme
Rated 17 Jun 2023
5
67th
theshiznitTheShiznit
Rated 21 Nov 2022
49
55th
em_edEM-ED
Rated 16 Nov 2022
69
60th
wetwillieswetwillies
Rated 30 Apr 2022
80
37th
Viewed March 8, 2022. Fassbinder pares down the noir to its just most recognizable symbols and archetypes, rendering a familiar cinematic world in much more alienating terms. Fassbinder didn't become a great filmmaker by continuing in this minimalist mode, but there are certain ideas here that he would carry with him, namely the reflexive play with genre tropes, the exacting sense of space and motion, and the rigid compositional techniques.
Rated 30 Apr 2022
fbatuhan10fbatuhan10
Rated 13 Oct 2021
75
48th
dsmacphersondsmacpherson
Rated 17 Jul 2021
70
51st
tardinitardini
Rated 29 May 2021
70
87th
85051448505144
Rated 04 Mar 2021
82
67th
fabiovisnadifabiovisnadi
Rated 04 Feb 2021
78
28th
larsvontrierLarsVonTrier
Rated 03 Feb 2021
2
31st
tychocelchuuTychoCelchuu
Rated 31 Dec 2020
86
70th
lalanguelalangue
Rated 27 Oct 2020
68
41st
driscarpindriscarpin
Rated 10 Oct 2020
84
75th
O Soldado Americano estreava há 50 anos no Festival de Mannheim-Heidelberg. Esse sem dúvida é o melhor dentre os primeiros filmes do Fassbinder, um noir bem peculiar que nunca deixa de nomear os cineastas que homenageia: Fuller, Lang, Murnau, Praunheim, Ophuls e Walsh. Box Obras-primas do Cinema Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Rated 10 Oct 2020
opioOpio
Rated 28 Sep 2020
50
35th
nunobarnunobar
Rated 05 Sep 2020
60
39th
posetitelposetitel
Rated 14 Aug 2020
50
13th
omid_ranjbarOmid Ranjbar
Rated 22 May 2020
52
50th
freddiequellFreddieQuell
Rated 23 Apr 2020
80
76th
hyperion_iiHyperion+
Rated 31 Mar 2020
4
61st
ssavagessavage
Rated 26 Feb 2020
70
55th
kamilpppKamilPPP
Rated 13 Jan 2020
45
10th
flipperrbmflipperrbm
Rated 06 Nov 2019
4
31st
slowjoeSlowjoe
Rated 11 Sep 2019
20
6th
bal3xbal3x
Rated 09 Aug 2019
60
48th
toro913toro913
Rated 14 May 2019
42
37th
darrencbDarrenCB
Rated 22 Mar 2019
70
42nd
mortsahlfanMortSahlFan
Rated 21 Feb 2019
40
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jokevvjokevv
Rated 19 Jan 2019
60
41st
knivesknives
Rated 18 Jan 2019
72
48th
themarkleTheMarkle
Rated 03 Jan 2019
80
87th
patrickpedpatrickped
Rated 01 Aug 2018
85
85th
cmquinnCMQuinn
Rated 26 Jul 2018
70
49th
hadzibegovicHadzibegovic
Rated 09 Jul 2018
70
49th
scottmccscott.mcc
Rated 09 Mar 2018
40
7th
joachimtjoachimt
Rated 06 Mar 2018
50
14th
laikalaika
Rated 19 Feb 2018
60
25th
andrasAndras
Rated 18 Apr 2017
70
43rd
rym_byratesRYM-byrates
Rated 10 Mar 2017
62
51st
mcihhhmCihhh
Rated 25 Feb 2017
70
60th
zomgmousezomgmouse
Rated 10 Jan 2017
70
44th
xinetxinet
Rated 18 Nov 2016
55
46th
jackintheboxjackinthebox
Rated 05 Oct 2016
70
57th
mrwhiplashMrWhiplash
Rated 04 Jul 2016
70
36th
francogonzoFrancoGonzo
Rated 12 May 2016
13
69th
cameronmbCameronMB
Rated 15 Apr 2016
50
16th
thirdeye42thirdeye42
Rated 14 Mar 2016
77
78th
mrmrulusmrmrulus
Rated 07 Mar 2016
60
27th
traversetownTraverseTown
Rated 03 Mar 2016
40
19th
robot2xlrobot2xl
Rated 14 Feb 2016
74
83rd
ildorio10Ildorio10
Rated 11 Feb 2016
80
58th
biberkopfBiberkopf
Rated 29 Dec 2015
70
41st
gladosGLADos
Rated 08 Dec 2015
78
78th
itbspodcastITBSPodcast
Rated 25 Oct 2015
100
0th
"Well Fassbinder would disagree with you about Kurt Raab, he put on his list..." http://illusionpodcast.blogspot.com/2015/05/episode-58-first-fassbinder-episode.html
Rated 25 Oct 2015
karamazovkaramazov.
Rated 14 Oct 2015
26
30th
ugh, another gangster film? In which RWF further deconstructs, lampoons, analyzes. Parts are pretty funny [/spoiler:/ did that lady stab herself to death with a dildo? I don't even know], and, reading sex/romance as a form of power struggle, RWF with yet more dumbasshole men beating up silly, acquiescent women [played by a cast that has more of caricature to it than character] seems to be saying... something. "At the end of the day," though, as they say, just another stupid gangster film.
Rated 14 Oct 2015
tinythedoggtinythedogg
Rated 10 Oct 2015
60
48th
filmcavefilmcave
Rated 09 Oct 2015
61
14th
risseladaRisselada
Rated 03 Oct 2015
61
33rd
aandersonaanderson
Rated 29 May 2015
6
42nd
zeteszetes
Rated 19 May 2015
70
39th
oldale1OldAle1
Rated 24 Apr 2015
70
37th
j_tavernierJ. Tavernier
Rated 29 Nov 2014
75
56th
chadisdangerchadisdanger
Rated 05 Nov 2014
76
45th
oktayOktay
Rated 29 Oct 2014
85
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alexandrsaaralexandrsaar
Rated 20 Sep 2014
77
51st
losanqLosanq
Rated 05 Sep 2014
60
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firebirdekbfirebirdekb
Rated 22 Aug 2014
70
59th
zipsterZipster
Rated 12 Aug 2014
75
30th
melveletMelvelet
Rated 01 Jun 2014
70
30th
sawyersawyer
Rated 09 Apr 2014
70
81st
batuibatui
Rated 02 Mar 2014
55
26th
closedmouthclosedmouth
Rated 08 Dec 2013
70
41st
Veers wildly, scene to scene, from idiotic to compelling, and probably wasn't the best place to start with Fassbinder.
Rated 08 Dec 2013
panchovillapanchovilla
Rated 07 Dec 2013
69
42nd
dissolvedissolve
Rated 07 Sep 2013
6
52nd
debaser1985debaser1985
Rated 03 Aug 2013
62
26th
kilgoreKilgore
Rated 02 Aug 2013
50
28th
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Rated 14 Jul 2013
56
57th
filmaffinityfilmaffinity
Rated 14 Jul 2013
64
59th
radiofreeleeRadioFreeLee
Rated 07 Jul 2013
68
43rd
tmdainesTMDaines
Rated 24 Jun 2013
60
21st
thewirethewire
Rated 07 Mar 2013
75
66th
echowilderEchoWilder
Rated 04 Jan 2013
91
58th
derdudeDerDude
Rated 08 Jun 2012
8
76th
Deconstruction of Melville's Le Samouraï, involving typical Fassbinder themes like social alienation, repressed homosexuality and depressed German culture. A very cerebral movie, shouldn't be watched as an introduction to Fassbinder.
Rated 08 Jun 2012
third_manThird Man
Rated 02 Jun 2012
80
52nd
3rdman3rdman
Rated 16 May 2012
7
52nd
kvank.van.
Rated 10 Apr 2012
6
19th
guvolefouguvolefou
Rated 03 Mar 2012
77
64th
pavementsawpavementSAW
Rated 06 Feb 2012
87
82nd
millermiller
Rated 27 Dec 2011
6
48th
frankslaterfrankslater
Rated 01 Aug 2011
75
28th
hacivathacivat
Rated 05 Feb 2011
90
63rd
macumbalovemacumbalove
Rated 18 Dec 2010
50
0th
jef_costellojef costello
Rated 21 Oct 2010
89
93rd
etherealtardetherealtard
Rated 14 Oct 2010
63
24th
strangefanstrangefan
Rated 08 Oct 2010
88
41st
jerryjJerryJ
Rated 08 Oct 2010
40
24th
ugurugur
Rated 28 Sep 2010
7
57th

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