The American Soldier

The American Soldier (Der amerikanische Soldat) 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