# Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)

> A pacifist veteran's life fractures across wartime Dresden, suburban America, and an alien captivity in a darkly comic meditation on trauma and fatalism.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/14512

## Facts

- Runtime: 100 min
- Genres: Drama, Science Fiction, War
- Director: George Roy Hill
- Cast: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Valerie Perrine, Holly Near, Perry King, Kevin Conway
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069280/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: sardonic, surreal, melancholic, literary adaptation night, anti-war cinema viewing

## Synopsis

A man grapples with the chaos of time travel and the horrors of war, seeking meaning in his fragmented existence.

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