The American Friend (1977)
Der amerikanische Freund
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.
- Date of release
- 1977-06-24
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (463)
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Director
- Wim Wenders
Casting
- Dennis Hopper — Tom Ripley
- Bruno Ganz — Jonathan Zimmermann
- Lisa Kreuzer — Marianne Zimmermann
- Gérard Blain — Raoul Minot
- Nicholas Ray — Andrew Pogash Derwatt
- Samuel Fuller — The American
- Peter Lilienthal — Marcangelo
- Daniel Schmid — Samuel Igraham
- Sandy Whitelaw — Doctor in Paris
- Jean Eustache — Friendly Man
- Lou Castel — Rodolphe
- Andreas Dedecke — Daniel Zimmermann
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