Movie
Slaughterhouse-Five
Overview
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.
Details
- Release date
- 1972-03-15
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama, Science Fiction, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Vanadas Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael Sacks as Billy Pilgrim
- Ron Leibman as Paul Lazzaro
- Eugene Roche as Derby
- Sharon Gans as Valencia
- Valerie Perrine as Montana Wildhack
- Holly Near as Barbara
- Perry King as Robert
- Kevin Conway as Weary
- Friedrich von Ledebur as German Leader
- Ekkehardt Belle as Young German Guard
- Sorrell Booke as Lionel Merble
- Roberts Blossom as Wild Bob Cody
Crew
- George Roy Hill - Director
- Stephen Geller - Screenplay
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