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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
Emmanuel Clot
Assistant Director
Fritz Müller-Scherz
Assistant Director

Philippe Schwartz
First Assistant Director
Gretl Zeilinger
Script Supervisor


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

Wim Wenders
Screenplay
Renée Gundelach
Executive Producer

Jürgen Knieper
Original Music Composer
Robby Müller
Director of Photography

Margaret Ménégoz
Line Producer
Wim Wenders
Producer

Heidi Lüdi
Art Direction
Toni Lüdi
Art Direction
Isolde Nist
Costume Design

Evelyn Döhring
Makeup Artist
Pierre Cottrell
Production Manager

Harald Kügler
Unit Manager
Michael Wiedemann
Production Manager


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

Maryte Kavaliauskas
Sound Assistant
Jens-Uwe Laddey
Sound Assistant

Martin Müller
Sound Mixer
Theo Nischwitz
Special Effects

Wolfgang Dell
Lighting Technician
Ernst Harinko
Lighting Technician

Ekkehard Heinrich
Lighting Technician
Edward Lachman
Assistant Camera

Robert Morsch
Electrician
Tassilo Peik
Lighting Technician
Viktor Sauermann
Lighting Technician

Martin Schäfer
Assistant Camera
Jacques Steyn
Assistant Camera
Hans Volkmann
Lighting Technician

Andreas Willim
Electrician
Gisela Bock
Assistant Editor
Ingrid Träutlein-Peer
Assistant Editor

Heinz Badewitz
Location Manager
Pat Kirck
Location Manager

Philippe Schwartz
Location Manager
Claude Bertonazzi
Administration
Harald Vogel
Production Assistant