Catalog Num:
fm-a070-1971
Title:
The American Soldier
In Rainer Werner Fassbinder's homage to American gangster movies, Rick (Karl Scheydt), a professional killer, is hired by three Munich policemen upon his return to Germany from America. Ricky visits family, meets up with friends, and drops by old haunts, all the while carrying out his kills without hesitation or emotion. Upon completion of all his assignments, Ricky is involved in an amazing final shoot-out with the cops who hired him. Some have called this ending the most startling of Fassbinder's patented off beat endings.