Slaughterhouse-Five
1972 · Movie · 1h 40m · R
DramaScience FictionWar
"Billy Pilgrim lives —from time to time to time…"
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Metacritic
66/100
Key crew
- Stephen GellerScreenplay
- George Roy HillDirector
Cast
- Michael SacksBilly Pilgrim
- Ron LeibmanPaul Lazzaro
- Eugene RocheDerby
- Sharon GansValencia
- Valerie PerrineMontana Wildhack
- Holly NearBarbara
- Perry KingRobert
- Kevin ConwayWeary
- Friedrich von LedeburGerman Leader
- Ekkehardt BelleYoung German Guard
- Sorrell BookeLionel Merble
- Roberts BlossomWild Bob Cody
Stills
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Themes
husband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookwar crimesworld war iiprisoner of wartime traveldresden, germanyalien civilization