Film · Crime, Drama, Thriller
The American Friend (1977)
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.
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Writers
- Wim Wenders, Patricia Highsmith
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Release date
- June 24, 1977
- Original title
- Der amerikanische Freund
Cast
Dennis HopperTom Ripley
Bruno GanzJonathan Zimmermann
Lisa KreuzerMarianne Zimmermann
Gérard BlainRaoul Minot
Nicholas RayAndrew Pogash Derwatt
Samuel FullerThe American
Peter LilienthalMarcangelo- Daniel SchmidSamuel Igraham
Sandy WhitelawDoctor in Paris
Jean EustacheFriendly Man
Lou CastelRodolphe- Andreas DedeckeDaniel Zimmermann
- David BlueAllan Winter
Rudolf SchündlerGantner
Gerty MolzenOld Lady- Heinz Joachim KleinDr. Gabriel
Satya De La ManitouAngie
Axel SchiesslerLippo- Adolf HansenConductor
Rosemarie HeinikelMona
