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About
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.
Theatrical
Sep 26, 1977
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 7, 2003
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR, Moli Films, Filmverlag der Autoren
Original Title
Der amerikanische Freund
Original Language
German
Cast
Full credits →D
Dennis Hopper
Tom Ripley
B
Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Zimmermann
L
Lisa Kreuzer
Marianne Zimmermann
G
Gérard Blain
Raoul Minot
N
Nicholas Ray
Andrew Pogash Derwatt
S
Samuel Fuller
The American
P
Peter Lilienthal
Marcangelo
D
Daniel Schmid
Samuel Igraham
S
Sandy Whitelaw
Doctor in Paris
J
Jean Eustache
Friendly Man
L
Lou Castel
Rodolphe
D
David Blue
Allan Winter
R
Rudolf Schündler
Gantner
G
Gerty Molzen
Old Lady
S
Satya De La Manitou
Angie
A
Axel Schiessler
Lippo
R
Rosemarie Heinikel
Mona
E
Enzo Robutti
Falling Man (uncredited)
W
Wim Wenders
Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
