Overview - The American Friend
Date of release
Budget
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Revenue
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Spoken Languages
- English
- Deutsch
- Français
Production companies
Name: Road Movies
Production country Germany
Name: Wim Wenders Productions
Production country Germany
Name: Les Films du Losange
Production country France
Name: WDR
Production country Germany
Overview
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
Name: Dennis Hopper
Character: Tom Ripley
Popularity: 2.8836
Name: Bruno Ganz
Character: Jonathan Zimmermann
Popularity: 1.5901
Name: Lisa Kreuzer
Character: Marianne Zimmermann
Popularity: 0.9669
Name: Gérard Blain
Character: Raoul Minot
Popularity: 0.5964
Name: Nicholas Ray
Character: Derwatt
Popularity: 0.7925
Name: Samuel Fuller
Character: The American
Popularity: 0.8327
Name: Peter Lilienthal
Character: Marcangelo
Popularity: 0.4144
Name: Daniel Schmid
Character: Igraham
Popularity: 0.4042
