El soldado americano (1976)
En una habitación cerrada, tres hombres juegan al póker. Son policías, y acaban de contratar a un asesino a sueldo para que mate a unos criminales con los que la justicia no consigue acabar. Medio alemán y medio norteamericano, veterano de la guerra del Vietnam, Ricky es un granuja que se refugió en Estados Unidos huyendo de la justicia alemana. Realiza fríamente los encargos de asesinato antes de encontrarse con Franz Walsh, amigo de la infancia con el que evoca los recuerdos de juegos del pasado.
Directora: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Karl Scheydt as Ricky |
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Elga Sorbas as Rosa von Praunheim |
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Jan George as Jan |
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Hark Bohm as Doc |
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Ulli Lommel as Tony le Gitano |
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Katrin Schaake as Magdalena Fuller |
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Margarethe von Trotta as Maid |
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Ingrid Caven as Singer |
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Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Ricky's Mother |
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Kurt Raab as Ricky's Brother |
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Irm Hermann as Whore |
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Gustl Datz as Chief of Police |
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Marius Aicher as Police Officer |
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Marquard Bohm as Private Detective (uncredited) |
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Franz Walsch (uncredited) |
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Peer Raben as Hotel Receptionist (uncredited) |
| Directing | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Director |
| Writing | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Writer |
| Production | Peer Raben | Producer |
| Production | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Producer |
| Sound | Peer Raben | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Dietrich Lohmann | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Thea Eymèsz | Editor |
| Art | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Production Design |
| Art | Kurt Raab | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sybille Danzer | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Christian Hohoff | Production Manager |
| Production | Peer Raben | Production Manager |
| Directing | Kurt Raab | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Peer Raben | Songs |
| Sound | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Songs |