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The American Soldier = Der amerikanische Soldat
Title
The American Soldier = Der amerikanische Soldat / Janus Films ; [presented by] Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation ; Produktion, antiteater ; ein Film von Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
ISBN
9781604657708
1604657707
9781604657661
1604657669
Published
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1970 under German title: Amerikanische Soldat.
Issued as part of 5-disc set with Katzelmacher, Gods of the plague, Love is colder than death, Beware of the holy whore : Early Fassbinder.
Cinematographer, Dietrich Lohmann, Herbert Paetzold ; music, Peer Raben ; editor, Thea Eymèsz ; song "So much tenderness" by Fassbinder/Raben ; sung by Günther Kaufmann ; [art direction by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Kurt Raab].
German dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Summary
In this virtuoso deconstruction of gangster movie conventions, a Vietnam veteran becomes a hit man for the Munich police.
Variant and related titles
Der amerikanische Soldat
English title on container and disc label: American soldier
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
German
Added to Catalog
March 27, 2018
Series
Eclipse from Criterion Collection. Series 39. Early Fassbinder
Credits
Cinematographer, Dietrich Lohmann, Herbert Paetzold ; music, Peer Raben ; editor, Thea Eymèsz ; song "So much tenderness" by Fassbinder/Raben ; sung by Günther Kaufmann ; [art direction by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Kurt Raab].
Cast
[Karl Scheydt], Elga Sorbas, Jan George, Hark Bohm, Marius Aicher, Margarethe von Trotta, Ulli Lommel, Katrin Schaake, Ingrid Caven, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Kurt Raab, Irm Hermann, Gustl Datz, [Rainer Werner Fassbinder].
System details note
DVD, NTSC, region 1, (1.33:1) aspect ratio.
Videorecording number
ECL176 Criterion Collection
ECL180 Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Motion pictures - Germany (West)
German language films.
Feature films - Germany (West)
Foreign language films - German.
Action and adventure films.
Crime films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Gangster films.
Gangster films.
Action and adventure films.
Crime films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Also listed under
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation.
Antiteater (Organization)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Janus Films.
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