The American Soldier
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written by	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Produced by	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring	Karl Scheydt Elga Sorbas Jan George Hark Bohm Marius Aicher
Cinematography	Dietrich Lohmann
Edited by	Thea Eymesz
Music by	Peer Raben
Production company	Antiteater
Release date	9 October 1970 (1970-10-09) (International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg) [1]
Running time	80 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German
Budget	DEM 280,000 (estimated)

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

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.

• 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

• The American Soldier at IMDb

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