1972 · 100 min · R

Slaughterhouse-Five

Name: Slaughterhouse-Five
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, War
Released: 1972
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Valerie Perrine

Directed by George Roy Hill · Drama, Science Fiction, War

Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) is a Drama film, directed by George Roy Hill set in Dresden during the 1940s–1960s. It runs 100 minutes and is rated R.

A time travel, with a darkly comic and surreal dreamlike tone. Themes of war's cost and fate & destiny play out through non linear / fractured timeline.

Composer

Glenn Gould

Cinematography

Miroslav Ondříček

Cast

Michael SacksRon LeibmanEugene RocheSharon GansValerie PerrineHolly NearPerry KingKevin Conway

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Dresden

Setting

Urban Off World

When

1940s 1960s

Premise & themes

Premise

Time Travel

Themes

War's Cost Fate & Destiny

Structure

Non Linear / Fractured Timeline

Tone

Darkly ComicSurreal Dreamlike

Shape

Protagonist

Solo Lead

Pacing

Measured

Based on

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Slaughterhouse-Five

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

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