The American Friend (1977)
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.
Directed By : Wim Wenders
Genres : Drama, Thriller, Crime
Status : Released
Released : Jun 24, 1977
Length : 125 minutes
Cast
- Dennis Hopper
- Bruno Ganz
- Lisa Kreuzer
- Gérard Blain
- Nicholas Ray
- Samuel Fuller
- Peter Lilienthal
- Daniel Schmid
- Sandy Whitelaw
- Jean Eustache
- Lou Castel
- Andreas Dedecke
- David Blue
- Rudolf Schündler
- Gerty Molzen
- Heinz Joachim Klein
- Satya De La Manitou
- Axel Schiessler
- Adolf Hansen
- Rosemarie Heinikel
- Stefan Lennert
- Heinrich Marmann
- Enzo Robutti
- Wim Wenders
Crew
- Director : Wim Wenders
- Screenplay : Wim Wenders
- Novel : Patricia Highsmith
- Executive Producer : Renée Gundelach
- Producer : Joachim von Mengershausen
- Original Music Composer : Jürgen Knieper
- Director of Photography : Robby Müller
- Editor : Peter Przygodda
- Line Producer : Margaret Ménégoz
- Producer : Wim Wenders
- Art Direction : Heidi Lüdi
- Art Direction : Toni Lüdi
- Costume Design : Isolde Nist
- Makeup Artist : Evelyn Döhring
- Makeup Artist : Hannelore Uhrmacher
- Production Manager : Pierre Cottrell
- Unit Manager : Harald Kügler
- Production Manager : Michael Wiedemann
- Assistant Director : Emmanuel Clot
- Assistant Director : Fritz Müller-Scherz
- First Assistant Director : Philippe Schwartz
- Props : Peter Braun
- Props : Luigi De Luca
- Props : Bernhard Frey
- Props : Eckerhard Voggenreiter
- Sound Mixer : Milan Bor
- Sound Assistant : Jochen Bärwald
- Sound Mixer : Max Galinsky
- Sound : Peter Kaiser
- Sound Assistant : Maryte Kavaliauskas
- Sound Assistant : Jens-Uwe Laddey
- Sound Mixer : Martin Müller
- Special Effects : Theo Nischwitz
- Stunts : Klaus Schichan
- Lighting Technician : Wolfgang Dell
- Grip : Hans Dreher
- Lighting Technician : Ernst Harinko
- Lighting Technician : Ekkehard Heinrich
- Assistant Camera : Edward Lachman
- Electrician : Jean-Claude Le Bras
- Electrician : Robert Morsch
- Lighting Technician : Tassilo Peik
- Lighting Technician : Viktor Sauermann
- Assistant Camera : Martin Schäfer
- Assistant Camera : Jacques Steyn
- Lighting Technician : Hans Volkmann
- Electrician : Andreas Willim
- Assistant Editor : Gisela Bock
- Assistant Editor : Ingrid Träutlein-Peer
- Assistant Editor : Barbara von Weitershausen
- Location Manager : Heinz Badewitz
- Location Manager : Pat Kirck
- Location Manager : Philippe Schwartz
- Script Supervisor : Gretl Zeilinger
- Administration : Claude Bertonazzi
- Production Assistant : Harald Vogel