The American Friend (1977)
The American Friend (1977)
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Plot.
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 & Crew.

Dennis Hopper
Tom Ripley

Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Zimmermann

Lisa Kreuzer
Marianne Zimmermann

Gérard Blain
Raoul Minot

Nicholas Ray
Derwatt

Samuel Fuller
The American

Peter Lilienthal
Marcangelo

Daniel Schmid
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

Adolf Hansen
Conductor

Rosemarie Heinikel
Mona

Stefan Lennert
Auctioneer

Heinrich Marmann
Man on the Train

Enzo Robutti
Falling Man (uncredited)

Wim Wenders
Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited) / Screenplay / Director / Producer

Peter Przygodda
Editor

Renée Gundelach
Executive Producer

Joachim von Mengershausen
Producer

Patricia Highsmith
Novel

Jürgen Knieper
Original Music Composer

Robby Müller
Director of Photography

Margaret Ménégoz
Line Producer

Heidi Lüdi
Art Direction

Toni Lüdi
Art Direction

Isolde Nist
Costume Design

Michael Wiedemann
Production Manager

Jens-Uwe Laddey
Sound Assistant

Ernst Harinko
Lighting Technician

Tassilo Peik
Lighting Technician

Barbara von Weitershausen
Assistant Editor

Emmanuel Clot
Assistant Director

Hannelore Uhrmacher
Makeup Artist

Gisela Bock
Assistant Editor

Claude Bertonazzi
Administration

Milan Bor
Sound Mixer

Klaus Schichan
Stunts

Theo Nischwitz
Special Effects

Edward Lachman
Assistant Camera

Jacques Steyn
Assistant Camera

Pierre Cottrell
Production Manager

Eckerhard Voggenreiter
Props

Luigi De Luca
Props

Jean-Claude Le Bras
Electrician

Andreas Willim
Electrician

Jochen Bärwald
Sound Assistant

Peter Kaiser
Sound

Bernhard Frey
Props

Evelyn Döhring
Makeup Artist

Harald Kügler
Unit Manager

Fritz Müller-Scherz
Assistant Director

Philippe Schwartz
First Assistant Director / Location Manager

Robert Morsch
Electrician

Viktor Sauermann
Lighting Technician

Peter Braun
Props

Max Galinsky
Sound Mixer

Maryte Kavaliauskas
Sound Assistant

Wolfgang Dell
Lighting Technician

Martin Schäfer
Assistant Camera

Heinz Badewitz
Location Manager

Gretl Zeilinger
Script Supervisor

Martin Müller
Sound Mixer

Ekkehard Heinrich
Lighting Technician

Hans Volkmann
Lighting Technician

Ingrid Träutlein-Peer
Assistant Editor

Hans Dreher
Grip

Pat Kirck
Location Manager

Harald Vogel
Production Assistant
Media.










Details.
Release DateJune 24, 1977
Original NameDer amerikanische Freund
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
Filming LocationsMunich · Bavaria, Germany · New York City, United States · Paris, France
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
paris france
hitman
dying and death
friendship
leukemia
based on novel or book
new york
wife husband relationship
munich
male friendship
terminal illness
dying man
murder
mafia
tape recorder
exploding car
art dealer
hamburg germany
art auction
west germany
blood disease
Wiki.
The American Friend (German: Der amerikanische Freund) is a 1977 neo-noir film written and directed by Wim Wenders, adapted from the 1974 novel Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith. It stars Dennis Hopper as career-criminal Tom Ripley and Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann, a terminally ill picture framer whom Ripley coaxes into becoming an assassin. The film uses an unusual "natural" language concept: Zimmermann speaks German with his family and his doctor, but English with Ripley and while visiting Paris.
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