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Billy Pilgrim lives —from time to time to time… - Slaughterhouse-Five
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Title: Slaughterhouse-Five

Release Date: 15 Mar 1972

Runtime: 1h 40m

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, War

Director: Universal Pictures, Vanadas Productions

Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Vanadas Productions

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.

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Average Vote: 6.5 (224 votes)

Cast

  • Billy Pilgrim: Michael Sacks
  • Paul Lazzaro: Ron Leibman
  • Derby: Eugene Roche
  • Valencia: Sharon Gans
  • Montana Wildhack: Valerie Perrine
  • Barbara: Holly Near
  • Robert: Perry King
  • Weary: Kevin Conway
  • German Leader: Friedrich von Ledebur
  • Young German Guard: Ekkehardt Belle
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