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The American Friend

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Calorie Rating: 178
Released: 1977-06-24
Running Time: 127 Minutes
Studios: Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR,


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 / Directors

Wim Wenders
Director
Gretl Zeilinger
Script Supervisor
Fritz Müller-Scherz
Assistant Director

Philippe Schwartz
First Assistant Director
Emmanuel Clot
Assistant Director


Cast

Dennis Hopper
Character: Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz
Character: Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer
Character: Marianne Zimmermann

Gérard Blain
Character: Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray
Character: Derwatt
Samuel Fuller
Character: The American

Peter Lilienthal
Character: Marcangelo
Daniel Schmid
Character: Igraham
Sandy Whitelaw
Character: Doctor in Paris

Jean Eustache
Character: Friendly Man
Lou Castel
Character: Rodolphe
Andreas Dedecke
Character: Daniel Zimmermann

David Blue
Character: Allan Winter
Rudolf Schündler
Character: Gantner
Gerty Molzen
Character: Old Lady

Heinz Joachim Klein
Character: Dr. Gabriel
Satya De La Manitou
Character: Angie
Axel Schiessler
Character: Lippo

Adolf Hansen
Character: Conductor
Rosemarie Heinikel
Character: Mona
Stefan Lennert
Character: Auctioneer

Heinrich Marmann
Character: Man on the Train
Enzo Robutti
Character: Falling Man (uncredited)
Wim Wenders
Character: Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Renée Gundelach
Executive Producer
Jürgen Knieper
Original Music Composer

Robby Müller
Director of Photography
Wim Wenders
Screenplay

Heidi Lüdi
Art Direction
Margaret Ménégoz
Line Producer

Wim Wenders
Producer
Toni Lüdi
Art Direction
Isolde Nist
Costume Design

Viktor Sauermann
Lighting Technician
Martin Schäfer
Assistant Camera
Philippe Schwartz
Location Manager

Andreas Willim
Electrician
Heinz Badewitz
Location Manager

Evelyn Döhring
Makeup Artist
Harald Kügler
Unit Manager

Ekkehard Heinrich
Lighting Technician

Gisela Bock
Assistant Editor
Jens-Uwe Laddey
Sound Assistant

Michael Wiedemann
Production Manager

Ernst Harinko
Lighting Technician
Martin Müller
Sound Mixer

Wolfgang Dell
Lighting Technician
Pierre Cottrell
Production Manager

Milan Bor
Sound Mixer
Jochen Bärwald
Sound Assistant
Max Galinsky
Sound Mixer

Theo Nischwitz
Special Effects
Maryte Kavaliauskas
Sound Assistant
Edward Lachman
Assistant Camera

Tassilo Peik
Lighting Technician
Hans Volkmann
Lighting Technician

Ingrid Träutlein-Peer
Assistant Editor
Pat Kirck
Location Manager
Robert Morsch
Electrician

Jacques Steyn
Assistant Camera
Claude Bertonazzi
Administration
Harald Vogel
Production Assistant