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Der amerikanische Freund

Original German version with English subtitles (no more shows planned at the moment)
Poster
Der amerikanische Freund Poster (Source: themoviedb.org)
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)
Plot Outline

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.

Genre
Drama, Thriller
Runtime
128 minutes
Production country
DE, FR
Released
1977
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