THE AMERICAN FRIEND

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• Release Year: 1977
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: The acclaimed thriller from the Director of Wings of Desire and the Author of The Talented Mr. Ripley.; ; Tom Ripley (Dennis Hopper) is an American sociopath who sells forged paintings in Germany. Jonathan Zimmermann is an idealistic art restorer dying from a rare blood disease. But when Ripley arranges for the desperate family man to carry out a high-paying mob hit, the two forge an uneasy bond steeped in deceit, corruption and cold-blooded murder in the riveting thriller that The Boston Phoenix called 'the best-acted, most beautifully photographed and most exciting work of the New German Cinema yet to be shown in this country.'; ; Legendary American filmmakers Nicholas Ray and Samuel Fuller co-star in this worldwide cult hit co-written and directed by Oscar nominee Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club) and based on the classic novel Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr. Ripley and Strangers On A Train.
• Cast: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, Peter Lilienthal, Daniel Schmid, Jean Eustache, Rudolf Schündler, Sandy Whitelaw, Lou Castel, Ismael Alonso, David Blue, Andreas Dedecke, Satya De La Manitou, Adolf Hansen, Rosemarie Heinikel, Heinz Joachim Klein, Stefan Lennert, Heinrich Marmann, Gerty Molzen, Enzo Robutti, Axel Schiessler, Wim Wenders, Patricia Highsmith, Robby Müller, Jürgen Knieper
• Director: Wim Wenders
• Runtime: 2:05
• Company: Production Road Movies Filmproduktion GMBH, Les Films du Losange Sarl, Anchor Bay Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie