The American Friend

7.1

1977

2h 5m

DramaThrillerCrime

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.

Key Crew

Director

Wim Wenders

Producers

Joachim von Mengershausen

Wim Wenders

Writers

Wim Wenders

Cinematography

Robby Müller

Music

Jürgen Knieper

Cast (24)

Dennis Hopper

Tom Ripley

Bruno Ganz

Jonathan Zimmermann

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