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
Robby Müller
Director of Photography
Patricia Highsmith
Novel
Peter Przygodda
Editor
Renée Gundelach
Executive Producer
Joachim von Mengershausen
Producer
Jürgen Knieper
Original Music Composer
Margaret Ménégoz
Line Producer
Toni Lüdi
Art Direction
Heidi Lüdi
Art Direction
Isolde Nist
Costume Design
Evelyn Döhring
Makeup Artist
Hannelore Uhrmacher
Makeup Artist
Pierre Cottrell
Production Manager
Harald Kügler
Unit Manager
Michael Wiedemann
Production Manager
Emmanuel Clot
Assistant Director
Fritz Müller-Scherz
Assistant Director
Philippe Schwartz
First Assistant Director / Location Manager
Peter Braun
Props
Luigi De Luca
Props
Bernhard Frey
Props
Eckerhard Voggenreiter
Props
Milan Bor
Sound Mixer
Jochen Bärwald
Sound Assistant
Max Galinsky
Sound Mixer
Peter Kaiser
Sound
Maryte Kavaliauskas
Sound Assistant
Jens-Uwe Laddey
Sound Assistant
Martin Müller
Sound Mixer
Theo Nischwitz
Special Effects
Klaus Schichan
Stunts
Wolfgang Dell
Lighting Technician
Hans Dreher
Grip
Ernst Harinko
Lighting Technician
Ekkehard Heinrich
Lighting Technician
Edward Lachman
Assistant Camera
Jean-Claude Le Bras
Electrician
Robert Morsch
Electrician
Tassilo Peik
Lighting Technician
Viktor Sauermann
Lighting Technician
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Details.
Release DateJune 24, 1977
Original NameDer amerikanische Freund
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States of America · Munich · Bavaria, Germany · Paris, France
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Wiki.
The American Friend (German: Der amerikanische Freund) is a 1977 neo-noir film by Wim Wenders, adapted from the 1974 novel Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith. The film features Dennis Hopper as career criminal Tom Ripley and Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann, a terminally ill picture framer whom Ripley coerces 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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