The American Friend

7.2 / 10

(349 votes)

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.

Country:

France,

Germany

Genre:

Drama,

Thriller

Duration:

125 minutes

Year:

1977

Director:

Wim Wenders

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Company:

Road Movies,

Wim Wenders Productions,

Les Films du Losange,

WDR

Cast:
Dennis Hopper

Tom Ripley

Bruno Ganz

Jonathan Zimmermann

Lisa Kreuzer

Marianne Zimmermann

Gérard Blain

Raoul Minot

Nicholas Ray

Derwatt

Crew:
Jürgen Knieper

Original Music Composer

Peter Przygodda

Editor

Joachim von Mengershausen

Producer

Wim Wenders

Director

Renée Gundelach

Executive Producer