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Director: |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Starring: |
Karl Scheydt, Gustl Datz, Irm Hermann, Kurt Raab, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Ingrid Caven, Katrin Schaake, Ulli Lommel, Margarethe Von Trotta, Marius Aicher, Hark Bohm, Jan George, Elga Sorbas
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Genres: |
Drama, Crime
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Origin: |
Germany
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Certificate: |
R
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Languages: |
German
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Subtitles: |
English
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Running Time: |
80 min
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Three of RW Fassbinder's early works united together in a single release. Each reworking the gangster noir genre, a la the French New Wave, these three Fassbinder films are some of the most interesting and intriguing of the New German Cinema movement. The loose trilogy of Love is Colder Than Death, Gods Of the Plague and The American Soldier, each shot in black and white, represent an iconoclastic artist's journey though narrative and form.
The American Soldier
Ricky, a professional hitman, returns to Germany after fighting for the US in Vietnam. He finds employment with three maverick detectives, who hire Ricky to assassinate the masterminds behind a string of dangerous crimes.
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