1977
7.1 (387 votes)
2h 5m
Genres
Drama
Thriller
Crime
Production Companies
Road Movies
Wim Wenders Productions
Les Films du Losange
WDR
Wim Wenders Productions
Les Films du Losange
WDR
The American Friend (Der amerikanische Freund)
Overview
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
Screenplay: Wim Wenders
Producer: Joachim von Mengershausen, Wim Wenders
Director: Wim Wenders
Director of Photography: Robby Müller
Top Cast
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
Videos
The American Friend (1977) Original Trailer [HD]
AFS PRESENTS: THE AMERICAN FRIEND
