The American Friend
Der amerikanische Freund
1977, Film, 128 min, Crime, Drama, Mystery, German, Germany, MoviePedia score 71
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.
Directed by Wim Wenders
Cast
- Dennis Hopper as Tom Ripley
- Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann
- Lisa Kreuzer as Marianne Zimmermann
- Gérard Blain as Raoul Minot
- Nicholas Ray as 'Derwatt'
- Samuel Fuller as Der Amerikaner
- Peter Lilienthal as Marcangelo
- Daniel Schmid as Igraham
- Sandy Whitelaw as Arzt in Paris
- Jean Eustache as Freundlicher Mann
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