March 15, 1972 –
George Roy Hill’s adaptation of the 1969 novel by Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five, starring Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, and Valerie Perrine opened in the US on this date.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was a prisoner of war in World War II. He was captured during the Battle of the Bulge while a battalion scout with the 106 Infantry Division on December 22, 1944, and used these experiences in his novel when Billy Pilgrim is captured by the Germans and sent to a POW camp. Vonnegut also lived through the bombing of Dresden and used that experience in the book.
The Haus of Dcaligari 