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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 ...
- Wim Wenders
- Jürgen Knieper
- 3 million DEM
Sep 28, 1977 · The American Friend: Directed by Wim Wenders. With Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain. Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
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A film critic's analysis of Wim Wenders' 1977 thriller "The American Friend", starring Dennis Hopper as a hit man who becomes a middleman between a French gangster and a German picture framer. The film explores the atmosphere and the characters of the thriller genre, but lacks the clarity and unsparing eye of Wenders' later works.
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American expatriate Tom (Dennis Hopper) treats Hamburg, Germany, like it's the Wild West and makes a living by hawking art forgeries, but decides to take part in a murder plot for extra cash.
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Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A dying man reluctantly takes on a job as a hit man in order to have money to leave to his widow. Cast & Crew. Read More. Wim Wenders. Director. Bruno Ganz. Dennis Hopper. Lisa Kreuzer. Gerard Blain. Samuel Fuller. Photos & Videos. View All. Film Details. Also Known As.
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- Bruno Ganz
Gradually succumbing to an incurable illness, Jonathan Zimmermann, a humble family man and picture framer, has a chance encounter with the amoral American expatriate and art dealer, Tom Ripley, at an auction in Hamburg.
Dennis Hopper oozes quirky menace as an amoral American art dealer who entangles a terminally ill German everyman, played by Bruno Ganz, in a seedy criminal underworld as revenge for a personal slight—but when the two become embroiled in an ever-deepening murder plot, they form an unlikely bond.
