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The American Friend

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Movie
1977
2h 5m
German
Drama, Thriller
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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.
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Cast

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Dennis Hopper
Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer
Marianne Zimmermann
Grard Blain
Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray
Samuel Fuller
The American
Peter Lilienthal
Daniel Schmid
Sandy Whitelaw
Doctor in Paris
Jean Eustache
Friendly Man
Lou Castel
Rodolphe
Andreas Dedecke
Daniel Zimmermann
David Blue
Allan Winter
Rudolf Schndler
Gerty Molzen
Old Lady
Heinz Joachim Klein
Satya De La Manitou
Axel Schiessler
Adolf Hansen
Conductor
Rosemarie Heinikel
Stefan Lennert
Auctioneer
Heinrich Marmann
Man on the Train
Enzo Robutti
Falling Man (uncredited)
Wim Wenders
Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages ...
Directed By: Wim Wenders
Written By: Wim Wenders (Screenplay), Patricia Highsmith (Novel)

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Spiritualized Kaos says...
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a family man works as a hit man.n
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Maarten Delfgou says...
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The original title of the film is Der amerikanische Freund.
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