Movie · 125 min · 15 · crm, drm, trl, eur
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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Available on 9 platforms across 2 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 2 countries, best placed at #311 in Sweden.
Available languages
Audio: English, German
Subtitles: Danish, Finnish, NB, Norwegian, Swedish
Chart history
The American Friend has spent 0 days in a top 3, 1 days in a top 10 and 8 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #10.
Cast
Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, Peter Lilienthal, Daniel Schmid, Sandy Whitelaw, Jean Eustache, Lou Castel, Andreas Dedecke, David Blue, Rudolf Schündler, Gerty Molzen, Heinz Joachim Klein, Satya De La Manitou, Axel Schiessler
Crew
Wim Wenders (director), Wim Wenders (screenplay), Joachim von Mengershausen (producer), Wim Wenders (producer)
Awards
0 wins from 1 nominations.
- International Submission to the Academy Awards 1978 — nominated