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The American Friend (1977)

ALL 06/24/1977 (de) Drama, Thriller, Crime 125 Min
  • Release
    06/24/1977
  • Production
    Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR, Bavaria Film, Filmverlag der Autoren
  • Rotten tomato
    71.58%
  • Original title
    Der amerikanische Freund
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.

  1. Wim Wenders

    Director

  2. Story



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  1. Dennis Hopper

    Tom Ripley

  2. Bruno Ganz

    Jonathan Zimmermann

  3. Lisa Kreuzer

    Marianne Zimmermann

  4. Gérard Blain

    Raoul Minot

  5. Nicholas Ray

    Derwatt

  6. Samuel Fuller

    The American

  7. Peter Lilienthal

    Marcangelo

  8. Daniel Schmid

    Igraham

  9. Sandy Whitelaw

    Doctor in Paris

  10. Jean Eustache

    Friendly Man

  11. Lou Castel

    Rodolphe

  12. Andreas Dedecke

    Daniel Zimmermann

  13. David Blue

    Allan Winter

  14. Rudolf Schündler

    Gantner

  15. Gerty Molzen

    Old Lady

  16. Heinz Joachim Klein

    Dr. Gabriel

  17. Satya De La Manitou

    Angie

  18. Axel Schiessler

    Lippo

  19. Adolf Hansen

    Conductor

  20. Rosemarie Heinikel

    Mona

  21. Stefan Lennert

    Auctioneer

  22. Heinrich Marmann

    Man on the Train

  23. Enzo Robutti

    Falling Man (uncredited)

  24. Wim Wenders

    Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 24 , Crews : 56

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The American Friend (1977) 125 Min

ALL 06/24/1977 (de)
Drama, Thriller, Crime
  • Release 06/24/1977
  • Production
    Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR, Bavaria Film, Filmverlag der Autoren
  • Original title Der amerikanische Freund
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.

  1. Wim Wenders

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Peter Przygodda

    Editor

  4. Joachim von Mengershausen, Wim Wenders

    Producer



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