Slaughterhouse-Five
“Billy Pilgrim lives —from time to time to time…”
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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Cast
51 people
Michael Sacks
Billy Pilgrim
Known for
The Sugarland Express
The Amityville Horror
Ron Leibman
Paul Lazzaro
Known for
Garden State
Norma Rae
Eugene Roche
Derby
Known for
Foul Play
When a Man Loves a Woman
Sharon Gans
Valencia
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Valerie Perrine
Montana Wildhack
Known for
What Women Want
Superman
Holly Near
Barbara
Known for
Dogfight
Minnie and Moskowitz
Perry King
Robert
Known for
The Day After Tomorrow
Class of 1984
Kevin Conway
Weary
Known for
Invincible
The Quick and the Dead
Friedrich von Ledebur
German Leader
Known for
Sorcerer
Juliet of the Spirits
Ekkehardt Belle
Young German Guard
Also in
Julia
Kidnapped
Sorrell Booke
Lionel Merble
Known for
The Dukes of Hazzard
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers
Roberts Blossom
Wild Bob Cody
Known for
Home Alone
Escape from Alcatraz
George Roy Hill Director · Stephen Geller Screenplay Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Author
Budget $3.2M · United States release March 15, 1972 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$3,200,000
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Vanadas Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German · Hungarian · Russian
Release dates
United States · March 15, 1972
Theatrical
Brazil
July 6, 2000 · TV · Universal
Denmark
June 12, 1972 · Theatrical
France
March 24, 1972 · Theatrical
September 8, 2010 · Theatrical · Re-Release
June 1, 2011 · Physical · DVD
April 1, 2023 · Digital · VOD
April 18, 2023 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
October 26, 1972 · TV
October 27, 1972 · Theatrical
Hungary
January 31, 1980 · Theatrical
Japan
April 12, 1975 · Theatrical
Portugal
June 23, 1973 · Theatrical
Spain
March 22, 1976 · Theatrical
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