The American Friend

The American Friend (1977)

Drama Thriller Crime

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.

star 7.2
  • Release Date: 1977-06-24
  • Runtime: 2h 5min
  • Director: Wim Wenders

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Dennis Hopper

      Tom Ripley

    • Bruno Ganz

      Jonathan Zimmermann

    • Lisa Kreuzer

      Marianne Zimmermann

    • Gérard Blain

      Raoul Minot

    • Nicholas Ray

      Derwatt

    • Samuel Fuller

      The American

    • Peter Lilienthal

      Marcangelo

    • Daniel Schmid

      Igraham

    • Sandy Whitelaw

      Doctor in Paris

    • Jean Eustache

      Friendly Man

    • Lou Castel

      Rodolphe

    • Andreas Dedecke

      Daniel Zimmermann

    • David Blue

      Allan Winter

    • Rudolf Schündler

      Gantner

    • Gerty Molzen

      Old Lady

    • Heinz Joachim Klein

      Dr. Gabriel

    • Satya De La Manitou

      Angie

    • Axel Schiessler

      Lippo

    • Adolf Hansen

      Conductor

    • Rosemarie Heinikel

      Mona

    • Stefan Lennert

      Auctioneer

    • Heinrich Marmann

      Man on the Train

    • Enzo Robutti

      Falling Man (uncredited)

    • Wim Wenders

      Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)

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