The American Soldier

The American Soldier () is a 1970 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film stars Karl Scheydt.

Plot

Ricky, a German-American Vietnam veteran, takes a job as a hired assassin on behalf of three renegade policemen to do away with a number of undesirables in Munich.

Cast

• Karl Scheydt as Ricky
• Elga Sorbas as Rosa
• Jan George as Jan
• Hark Bohm as Doc
• Marius Aicher as Cop
• Margarethe von Trotta as Chambermaid
• Ulli Lommel as Gypsy
• Katrin Schaake as Magdalena Fuller
• Ingrid Caven as Bar Singer
• Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Ricky's mother
• Kurt Raab as Ricky's brother
• Irm Hermann as Whore
• Gustl Datz as Chief of police
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Franz Walsch

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