The American Friend

movie

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.

Cast & crew

Peter Lilienthal · Wim Wenders · Jean Eustache · Patricia Highsmith · Samuel Fuller · Gérard Blain · Dennis Hopper · Sandy Whitelaw · Bruno Ganz · Nicholas Ray · Daniel Schmid · Lisa Kreuzer

Studios & networks

Filmverlag der Autoren · Les Films du Losange · Moli Films · Road Movies · WDR · Wim Wenders Productions