Directed by:
Rainer Werner FassbinderScreenplay:
Rainer Werner FassbinderCinematography:
Dietrich LohmannComposer:
Peer RabenCast:
Karl Scheydt, Elga Sorbas, Jan George, Margarethe von Trotta, Hark Bohm, Ulli Lommel, Ingrid Caven, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Marquard Bohm, Kurt Raab (more)VOD (1)
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The American Soldier sees Fassbinder continue to pursue the cinephilic homage to classic Hollywood crime films of his feature debut, Love is Colder than Death, in a tale of a German-American Vietnam vet turned small-time hoodlum who finds himself on the wrong side of the law in Munich, where he grew up. (Arrow Films)
Cast
Karl Scheydt
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
Elga Sorbas
German Empire
Best movies:
Katzelmacher (1969)
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)
Pioniere in Ingolstadt (1971) (TV movie)
Jan George
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
The American Soldier (1970)
Gods of the Plague (1970)
![Margarethe von Trotta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/669/160669332_c47306.jpg)
Margarethe von Trotta
German Empire
Best movies:
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971) (TV movie)
Coup de grâce (1976)
![Hark Bohm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/289/162289356_65055c.jpg)
Hark Bohm
German Empire
Best movies:
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Underground (1995)
![Ulli Lommel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280968_3d1b84.jpg)
Ulli Lommel
German Empire
Best movies:
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Satan's Brew (1976)
Chinese Roulette (1976)
![Ingrid Caven](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272270_88b84a.jpg)
Ingrid Caven
German Empire
Best movies:
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
![Rainer Werner Fassbinder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270523_f211cc.jpg)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series) - actor, narrator
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
![Marquard Bohm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/605/158605950_b5a31e.jpg)
Marquard Bohm
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Kings of the Road (1976)
![Kurt Raab](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277919_a3c515.jpg)
Kurt Raab
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
![Irm Hermann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/909/159909705_7f761b.jpg)
Irm Hermann
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
![Katrin Schaake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/272/161272394_6f40bd.jpg)
Katrin Schaake
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
World on a Wire (1973) (TV movie)
![Peer Raben](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/421/421403_50334a.jpg)
Peer Raben
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
I Only Want You to Love Me (1976) (TV movie)
![Eva Ingeborg Scholz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193851_06fa67.jpg)
Eva Ingeborg Scholz
German Empire
Best movies:
The American Soldier (1970)
Emil and the Detectives (1964)
Der Verlorene (1951)
Gustl Datz
German Empire
Best movies:
Joseph Balsamo (1973) (series)
The American Soldier (1970)
Marius Aicher
Best movies:
The American Soldier (1970)
Rio das Mortes (1971) (TV movie)
Something for Everyone (1970)