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The American Friend

06/24/1977

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2hrs 5min

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Drama

,Thriller

,Crime

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Dennis Hopper
  • Bruno Ganz
  • Lisa Kreuzer
  • Gérard Blain
  • Nicholas Ray

    Directors

  • Wim Wenders
  • Gretl Zeilinger
  • Emmanuel Clot

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Road Movies
  • Wim Wenders Productions
  • Les Films du Losange
  • WDR

    Production Countries

  • France
  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • German
  • English
  • French

Cast

Dennis Hopper

Tom Ripley

Bruno Ganz

Jonathan Zimmermann

Lisa Kreuzer

Marianne Zimmermann

Gérard Blain

Raoul Minot

Sandy Whitelaw

Doctor in Paris

Lou Castel

Rodolphe

Andreas Dedecke

Daniel Zimmermann

David Blue

Allan Winter

Rudolf Schündler

Gantner

Gerty Molzen

Old Lady

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