Der Amerikanische Soldat (Germany, 1970)

Der Amerikanische Soldat (Germany, 1970), A.K.A. The American Soldier
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Stars: Karl Scheydt, Elga Sorbas, Jan George, Margarethe von Trotta, Ingrid Caven...

A pretty tedious attempt at a gangster noir film, with one of the weirdest ending scenes ever.

The main character Ricky is a hit man and phones his mother (Eva Ingeborg Scholz) to say that he’ll visit her. For some reason she has a pinball machine in her living room... a Student Prince (Williams, 1968)...

Upon finding out that Ricky’s coming, his brother (Kurt Raab), who is madly in love with him, crushes a wine glass in his hand, letting the shards fall on the machine...

When Ricky arrives, they have a game (which wasn’t set up as free play, and thus requires coins)...