The American Friend

Name: The American Friend
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1977-06-24
Duration: 2 h 5 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray

Der amerikanische Freund (1977)

Timing: 2:5 (125 min)

7.2/10
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Release date

1977-06-24

Country

Germany, France

Production

WDR, Bavaria Film, Road Movies, Wim Wenders Stiftung, Les Films du Losange, Filmverlag der Autoren, Wim Wenders Productions

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Budget

$2 147 483 647

Revenue

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Director

Wim Wenders

Actors

Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, Peter Lilienthal, Daniel Schmid, Sandy Whitelaw, Jean Eustache
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Producer

Wim Wenders, Joachim von Mengershausen, Renée Gundelach

Operator

Robby Müller

Composer

Jürgen Knieper

Artist

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Editing

Peter Przygodda
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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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