The American Friend (1977)
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.
Director:
Wim Wenders
Writer:
Wim Wenders
Dennis Hopper Tom Ripley |
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Bruno Ganz Jonathan Zimmermann |
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Lisa Kreuzer Marianne Zimmermann |
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Gérard Blain Raoul Minot |
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Nicholas Ray Derwatt |
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Samuel Fuller The American |
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Peter Lilienthal Marcangelo |
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Daniel Schmid Igraham |
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Sandy Whitelaw Doctor in Paris |
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Jean Eustache Friendly Man |
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Lou Castel Rodolphe |
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Andreas Dedecke Daniel Zimmermann |
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David Blue Allan Winter |
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Rudolf Schündler Gantner |
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Gerty Molzen Old Lady |
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Heinz Joachim Klein Dr. Gabriel |
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Satya De La Manitou Angie |
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Axel Schiessler Lippo |
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Adolf Hansen Conductor |
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Rosemarie Heinikel Mona |
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Stefan Lennert Auctioneer |
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Heinrich Marmann Man on the Train |
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Enzo Robutti Falling Man (uncredited) |
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Wim Wenders Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited) |
Camera | Robby Müller | Director of Photography |
Writing | Wim Wenders | Screenplay |
Directing | Wim Wenders | Director |
Production | Wim Wenders | Producer |
Sound | Jürgen Knieper | Original Music Composer |
Editing | Peter Przygodda | Editor |
Art | Heidi Lüdi | Art Direction |
Production | Harald Kügler | Unit Manager |
Directing | Fritz Müller-Scherz | Assistant Director |
Production | Margaret Ménégoz | Line Producer |
Camera | Edward Lachman | Assistant Camera |
Lighting | Andreas Willim | Electrician |
Sound | Milan Bor | Sound Mixer |
Writing | Patricia Highsmith | Novel |
Sound | Martin Müller | Sound Mixer |
Art | Toni Lüdi | Art Direction |
Production | Joachim von Mengershausen | Producer |
Production | Pierre Cottrell | Production Manager |
Crew | Theo Nischwitz | Special Effects |
Production | Renée Gundelach | Executive Producer |
Production | Heinz Badewitz | Location Manager |
Costume & Make-Up | Evelyn Döhring | Makeup Artist |
Editing | Barbara von Weitershausen | Assistant Editor |
Camera | Jacques Steyn | Assistant Camera |
Production | Michael Wiedemann | Production Manager |
Camera | Martin Schäfer | Assistant Camera |
Crew | Klaus Schichan | Stunts |
Production | Philippe Schwartz | Location Manager |
Directing | Philippe Schwartz | First Assistant Director |
Lighting | Wolfgang Dell | Lighting Technician |
Lighting | Jean-Claude Le Bras | Electrician |
Costume & Make-Up | Isolde Nist | Costume Design |
Art | Bernhard Frey | Props |
Art | Peter Braun | Props |
Directing | Emmanuel Clot | Assistant Director |
Sound | Maryte Kavaliauskas | Sound Assistant |
Production | Harald Vogel | Production Assistant |
Costume & Make-Up | Hannelore Uhrmacher | Makeup Artist |
Sound | Max Galinsky | Sound Mixer |
Art | Luigi De Luca | Props |
Sound | Peter Kaiser | Sound |
Directing | Gretl Zeilinger | Script Supervisor |
Lighting | Ekkehard Heinrich | Lighting Technician |
Editing | Gisela Bock | Assistant Editor |
Production | Claude Bertonazzi | Administration |
Camera | Hans Dreher | Grip |
Art | Eckerhard Voggenreiter | Props |
Sound | Jochen Bärwald | Sound Assistant |
Sound | Jens-Uwe Laddey | Sound Assistant |
Lighting | Ernst Harinko | Lighting Technician |
Lighting | Robert Morsch | Electrician |
Lighting | Tassilo Peik | Lighting Technician |
Lighting | Viktor Sauermann | Lighting Technician |
Lighting | Hans Volkmann | Lighting Technician |
Editing | Ingrid Träutlein-Peer | Assistant Editor |
Production | Pat Kirck | Location Manager |