Slaughterhouse-Five

"Billy Pilgrim lives —from time to time to time…"

1972 1h 40m EN

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6.5

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6.8

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★6.5TMDB · 271🍅82%Rotten Tomatoes●66Metacritic★6.8IMDB · 14,456

DramaScience FictionWar

Synopsis

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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.

“Billy Pilgrim lives —from time to time to time…”

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Cast

Michael Sacks
Billy Pilgrim
Ron Leibman
Paul Lazzaro
Eugene Roche
Derby
Sharon Gans
Valencia
Valerie Perrine
Montana Wildhack
Holly Near
Barbara
Perry King
Robert
Kevin Conway
Weary

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: George Roy Hill
Writers: Stephen Geller
Languages: English, German, Russian
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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54 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, German, Russian.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by George Roy Hill, shot by Miroslav Ondříček. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Dede Allen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Michael Sacks and Ron Leibman and Eugene Roche carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Billy Pilgrim lives —from time to time to time…".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0069280 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

George Roy Hill directs. Miroslav Ondříček behind the camera. Dede Allen cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, German, Russian.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
254 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, German, Russian.
4Directed by George Roy Hill, shot by Miroslav Ondříček. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Dede Allen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Michael Sacks and Ron Leibman and Eugene Roche carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Billy Pilgrim lives —from time to time to time…".
8IMDB entry: tt0069280 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 19 themes, including "husband wife relationship", "post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)", "based on novel or book", "world war ii".