MovieDramaThrillerCrime
The American Friend
7.1(468)19772h 5m
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
- Created by
- Renée Gundelach
- Writers
- Wim Wenders
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Cast
Dennis Hopper
Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer
Marianne Zimmermann
Gérard Blain
Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray
Andrew Pogash Derwatt
Samuel Fuller
The American
Peter Lilienthal
Marcangelo
Daniel Schmid
Samuel 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
Directing
- Wim WendersDirector
- Gretl ZeilingerScript Supervisor
- Fritz Müller-ScherzAssistant Director
- Philippe SchwartzFirst Assistant Director
- Emmanuel ClotAssistant Director
Writing
- Patricia HighsmithNovel
- Wim WendersScreenplay
Production
- Renée GundelachExecutive Producer
- Joachim von MengershausenProducer
- Margaret MénégozLine Producer
- Wim WendersProducer
- Philippe SchwartzLocation Manager
- Heinz BadewitzLocation Manager
- Harald KüglerUnit Manager
- Michael WiedemannProduction Manager
- Pierre CottrellProduction Manager
- Pat KirckLocation Manager
- Claude BertonazziAdministration
- Harald VogelProduction Assistant
Camera
- Robby MüllerDirector of Photography
- Martin SchäferAssistant Camera
- Hans DreherGrip
- Edward LachmanAssistant Camera
- Jacques SteynAssistant Camera
Editing
- Peter PrzygoddaEditor
- Barbara von WeitershausenAssistant Editor
- Gisela BockAssistant Editor
- Ingrid Träutlein-PeerAssistant Editor
Sound
- Jürgen KnieperOriginal Music Composer
- Jens-Uwe LaddeySound Assistant
- Martin MüllerSound Mixer
- Peter KaiserSound
- Milan BorSound Mixer
- Jochen BärwaldSound Assistant
- Max GalinskySound Mixer
- Maryte KavaliauskasSound Assistant
Art
- Heidi LüdiArt Direction
- Toni LüdiArt Direction
- Luigi De LucaProps
- Bernhard FreyProps
- Eckerhard VoggenreiterProps
- Peter BraunProps
Costume & Make-Up
- Isolde NistCostume Design
- Evelyn DöhringMakeup Artist
- Hannelore UhrmacherMakeup Artist
Crew
- Klaus SchichanStunts
- Theo NischwitzSpecial Effects
Lighting
- Viktor SauermannLighting Technician
- Andreas WillimElectrician
- Ekkehard HeinrichLighting Technician
- Jean-Claude Le BrasElectrician
- Ernst HarinkoLighting Technician
- Wolfgang DellLighting Technician
- Tassilo PeikLighting Technician
- Hans VolkmannLighting Technician
- Robert MorschElectrician