Original Title: Der amerikanische Freund
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.
7.2 / 10
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Genres:
Drama, ThrillerWriter:
Wim Wenders, Patricia HighsmithDirector:
Wim WendersMovie-Set:
Votes:
324Countrys:
- Germany
- France
Studios:
- Road Movies
- Les Films du Losange
- Bavaria Film
- Filmverlag der Autoren
- Wim Wenders Productions
- WDR
- Wim Wenders Stiftung
• Dennis Hopper as: Tom Ripley
• Bruno Ganz as: Jonathan Zimmermann
• Lisa Kreuzer as: Marianne Zimmermann
• Gérard Blain as: Raoul Minot
• Nicholas Ray as: Derwatt
• Samuel Fuller as: The American
• Peter Lilienthal as: Marcangelo
• Daniel Schmid as: Igraham
• Sandy Whitelaw as: Doctor in Paris
• Jean Eustache as: Friendly Man
• Lou Castel as: Rodolphe
• Andreas Dedecke as: Daniel Zimmermann
• David Blue as: Allan Winter
• Rudolf Schündler as: Gantner
• Gerty Molzen as: Old Lady
• Heinz Joachim Klein as: Dr. Gabriel
• Satya De La Manitou as: Angie
• Axel Schiessler as: Lippo
• Adolf Hansen as: Conductor
• Rosemarie Heinikel as: Mona
• Stefan Lennert as: Auctioneer
• Heinrich Marmann as: Man on the Train
• Enzo Robutti as: Falling Man (uncredited)
• Wim Wenders as: Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)