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The American Friend

Original title: Der amerikanische Freund

1977 · NR · 2h 5m

Directed by Wim Wenders

7.1

TMDB audience score
469 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • 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

  • David Blue
    Allan Winter

  • Rudolf Schündler
    Gantner

  • Gerty Molzen
    Old Lady

  • Heinz Joachim Klein
    Dr. Gabriel

  • Satya De La Manitou
    Angie

  • Axel Schiessler
    Lippo