1977 2h 5m Wim Wenders

The American Friend

Name: The American Friend
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Made in Europe
Released: 1977
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain

★ 7.4 IMDb

Drama Mystery & Thriller Crime Made in Europe

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.

Writers Wim Wenders, Patricia Highsmith

Cast Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain

DP Robby Müller

Music Jürgen Knieper

Essays and Criticism

On Wim Wenders

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