What is The American Soldier / Love is Colder Than Death about?

Double Feature: THE AMERICAN SOLDIER, 1970, 80 min. Professional hitman Ricky has returned to his German hometown after living in the U.S. and fighting as an American soldier in the Vietnam War. A group of three detectives, acting without the permission of their chief and humiliated that they haven't yet busted a local crime ring, hire Ricky to go after the ring and kill each member off systematically. In German with English subtitles. LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH, 1969, 88 min. In Fassbinder's stark, sardonic debut feature, small-time Munich pimp Franz Walsch relishes his entrepreneurial independence and refuses to join the local mob, despite its allure of greater cash flow and stability. When Franz is befriended by mysterious crook Bruno (Ulli Lommel), the two go on a small but frenzied crime spree of theft and murder, along with Franz's prostitute girlfriend Joanna (Hanna Schygulla). In German with English subtitles.

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What is The American Soldier / Love is Colder Than Death about?: Double Feature: THE AMERICAN SOLDIER, 1970, 80 min. Professional hitman Ricky has returned to his German hometown after living in the U.S. and fighting as an American soldier in the Vietnam War. A group of three detectives, acting without the permission of their chief and humiliated that they haven't yet busted a local crime ring, hire Ricky to go after the ring and kill each member off systematically. In German with English subtitles.

LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH, 1969, 88 min. In Fassbinder's stark, sardonic debut feature, small-time Munich pimp Franz Walsch relishes his entrepreneurial independence and refuses to join the local mob, despite its allure of greater cash flow and stability. When Franz is befriended by mysterious crook Bruno (Ulli Lommel), the two go on a small but frenzied crime spree of theft and murder, along with Franz's prostitute girlfriend Joanna (Hanna Schygulla). In German with English subtitles.