The American Friend
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.
The American Friend
June 24, 1977
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Cast (24)
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)
Crew (56)
Directing
Wim Wenders
Director
Fritz Müller-Scherz
Assistant Director
Gretl Zeilinger
Script Supervisor
Philippe Schwartz
First Assistant Director
Emmanuel Clot
Assistant Director
Writing
Wim Wenders
Screenplay
Patricia Highsmith
Novel
Production
Wim Wenders
Producer
Pierre Cottrell
Production Manager
Margaret Ménégoz
Line Producer
Heinz Badewitz
Location Manager
Harald Kügler
Unit Manager
Renée Gundelach
Executive Producer
Claude Bertonazzi
Administration
Pat Kirck
Location Manager
Harald Vogel
Production Assistant
Philippe Schwartz
Location Manager
Joachim von Mengershausen
Producer
Michael Wiedemann
Production Manager
Sound
Martin Müller
Sound Mixer
Jürgen Knieper
Original Music Composer
Maryte Kavaliauskas
Sound Assistant
Jochen Bärwald
Sound Assistant
Peter Kaiser
Sound
Max Galinsky
Sound Mixer
Jens-Uwe Laddey
Sound Assistant
Milan Bor
Sound Mixer
Art
Heidi Lüdi
Art Direction
Toni Lüdi
Art Direction
Peter Braun
Props
Luigi De Luca
Props
Eckerhard Voggenreiter
Props
Bernhard Frey
Props
Camera
Edward Lachman
Assistant Camera
Robby Müller
Director of Photography
Martin Schäfer
Assistant Camera
Jacques Steyn
Assistant Camera
Hans Dreher
Grip
Costume & Make-Up
Crew
Theo Nischwitz
Special Effects
Klaus Schichan
Stunts
Editing
Peter Przygodda
Editor
Barbara von Weitershausen
Assistant Editor
Ingrid Träutlein-Peer
Assistant Editor
Gisela Bock
Assistant Editor
Lighting
Andreas Willim
Electrician
Ernst Harinko
Lighting Technician
Viktor Sauermann
Lighting Technician
Ekkehard Heinrich
Lighting Technician
Hans Volkmann
Lighting Technician
Wolfgang Dell
Lighting Technician
Jean-Claude Le Bras
Electrician
Robert Morsch
Electrician
Tassilo Peik
Lighting Technician