
Overview:
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.Original Title: | Der amerikanische Freund |
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Status: | Released (1977-06-24) |
Awards: | 6 wins & 3 nominations total |
Screen: | Patricia Highsmith, Wim Wenders |
Productions: | Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR, Wim Wenders Stiftung |
Production Countries: | France, Germany |
Spoken Languages: | Deutsch, English, Français |

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Casts
- 2778: Dennis Hopper - Tom Ripley
- 2310: Bruno Ganz - Jonathan Zimmermann
- 22612: Lisa Kreuzer - Marianne Zimmermann
- 24298: Gérard Blain - Raoul Minot
- 2765: Nicholas Ray - Derwatt
- 26959: Samuel Fuller - The American
- 26969: Peter Lilienthal - Marcangelo
Crews
- 32466: Renée Gundelach - Executive Producer - Production
- 2303: Wim Wenders - Director - Directing
- 2308: Jürgen Knieper - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 12491: Patricia Highsmith - Novel - Writing
- 1632: Robby Müller - Director of Photography - Camera
- 2309: Peter Przygodda - Editor - Editing
- 2303: Wim Wenders - Screenplay - Writing
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