The American Friend (movie)
Der amerikanische Freund- User score: 7.2
- Production country: France, Germany
- Producer: Wim Wenders
- Production companies: Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR, Bavaria Film, Filmverlag der Autoren, Wim Wenders Stiftung
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Release date: 6/24/1977
- Run time: 125 min.
Movie description
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.
