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George Roy HillDrehbuch:
Stephen GellerKamera:
Miroslav OndříčekBesetzung:
Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Valerie Perrine, Perry King, Kevin Conway, Roberts Blossom, Gilmer McCormick, John Wood, Emil Iserle (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Billy Pilgrim, ein junger US-amerikanischer Soldat, wird während seines Einsatzes im Zweiten Weltkrieg psychisch krank. Er verkraftet die Schrecken des Krieges nicht, den er in den französischen Ardennen und zuletzt während der Luftangriffe auf Dresden erlebt. Billy ist mittendrin im verheerenden Dresdner Feuersturm, denn die Kriegsgefangenen sind im Städtischen Schlachthof untergebracht. Für Billy gerät im Wortsinne "die Zeit aus den Fugen". In seiner Fantasie flüchtet er auf den imaginären Planeten Tralfamadore und erinnert sich in ungeordneten Zeitsprüngen an unterschiedliche Phasen seines Lebens, so auch seinen Tod, den er im Film noch einmal erlebt. (arte)
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Everyone who has ever read a novel by Kurt Vonnegut knows how difficult it is to translate his literary template onto the film screen. His works are multi-layered, consisting of the thought processes of his characters, various places and times that intertwine with each other, and most importantly, they contain various dream passages and hallucinations. The attempt to make an equally successful film based on his work usually ends in a disaster, such as Breakfast of Champions. For a long time, I believed that the only film worth seeing was Mother Night, and only now do I realize that George Roy Hill's film has almost the same quality. Slaughterhouse-Five, like the novel, is absurd, tragicomic, strange, and provocative. Several scenes are among those that film fans will remember for life. The main character's encounter with victorious Soviet soldiers or the end of his best friend are certainly among them. Overall impression: 85%.
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It's a peculiar movie that mostly motivated me to eventually find a book and try to understand what it was actually about based on it. The transitions in the film are great, but the form somewhat overshadows the content, which I don't think was entirely the intention of the book. Definitely an interesting and specific portrayal of war, which is not for everyone.
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