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Der amerikanische Freund (1977)
125 minDramaThrillerCrime
TMDb7.1/10447 votes
Translated title: The American Friend
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.
Country: France, Germany, United States
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast
Dennis Hopper
Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer
Marianne Zimmermann
Gérard Blain
Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray
Derwatt
Samuel Fuller
The American
Peter Lilienthal
Marcangelo
Daniel Schmid
Igraham
Sandy Whitelaw
Doctor in Paris
Jean Eustache
Friendly Man
Lou Castel
Rodolphe
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Andreas Dedecke
Daniel Zimmermann
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David Blue
Allan Winter
Rudolf Schündler
Gantner
Keywords
Plot:dying and deathfriendshiphusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookhitmanmale friendshipterminal illnessleukemiadying manmurdermafiatape recorderexploding carart dealerart auctionblood disease
Place:new york cityparis, francemunich, germanyhamburg, germanywest germany
