The American Friend(Movie, 1977)

Name: The American Friend
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1977
Duration: T02:5:00
Rating: 3.6

Original title: "Der amerikanische Freund" (German/DE)

2h 5min | Genres: Drama, Thriller

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 145 votes)

The American Friend (German: Der amerikanische Freund) is a 1977 neo-noir film written and directed by Wim Wenders, adapted from the 1974 novel Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith. It stars Dennis Hopper as career-criminal Tom Ripley and Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann, a terminally ill picture framer whom Ripley coerces into becoming an assassin. The film uses an unusual "natural" language concept: Zimmermann speaks German with his family and his doctor, but English with Ripley and while visiting Paris. ()

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Available languages: English
Available subtitles: English
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Available subtitles: English
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Duration: 2h 8min

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About 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.

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Trailer for The American Friend + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The American Friend (1977) Original Trailer [HD](Trailer, 3:22)

Additional Information

Production countries: Germany, France

Shot in: Paris, New York City (NYC), Germany, Munich, Bavaria

Plays in: Germany

Based on: "Ripley's Game" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Bavaria Film, Filmverlag der Autoren, WDR, Les Films du Losange, Wim Wenders Stiftung, Road Movies Filmproduktion GmbH, Wim Wenders Productions

Original language: German (DE)

Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR)

Translated into 20 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/23/1977 (World premiere: 06/24/1977)

Cast: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Samuel Fuller, Nicholas Ray, Daniel Schmid, Jean Eustache, Lou Castel, Gérard Blain, Peter Lilienthal, Rudolf Schündler, David Blue, Gerty Molzen, Rosemarie Heinikel, Enzo Robutti, Wim Wenders, Sandy Whitelaw

Director: Wim Wenders

Producer: Renée Gundelach

Screenwriter: Wim Wenders, Patricia Highsmith

Film Editor: Peter Przygodda

Director of Photography: Robby Müller

Composer: Jürgen Knieper

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"El amigo americano"

"L'ami américain"

"미국 친구"

"미국인 친구"

"Wim Wenders: Amerika's Vriend in LA"

Keywords: dying and death, paris, france, based on novel or book, hitman, friendship, leukemia

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The American Friend(Movie, 1977)

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