The American Friend
1977Tom 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.
Acted in
Dennis Hopper
as Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz
as Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer
as Marianne Zimmermann
Gérard Blain
as Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray
as Derwatt
Samuel Fuller
as The American
Peter Lilienthal
as Marcangelo
Daniel Schmid
as Igraham
Sandy Whitelaw
as Doctor in Paris
Jean Eustache
as Friendly Man
Lou Castel
as Rodolphe
Andreas Dedecke
as Daniel Zimmermann
David Blue
as Allan Winter
Rudolf Schündler
as Gantner
Gerty Molzen
as Old Lady
Heinz Joachim Klein
as Dr. Gabriel
Satya De La Manitou
as Angie
Axel Schiessler
as Lippo
Adolf Hansen
as Conductor
Rosemarie Heinikel
as Mona
Stefan Lennert
as Auctioneer
Heinrich Marmann
as Man on the Train
Enzo Robutti
as Falling Man (uncredited)
Wim Wenders
as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)