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The American Friend (1977) [NR]

Release Date:
June 24, 1977

Original Title:
Der amerikanische Freund

Alternate Titles:
Den amerikanske vennen
El amigo americano
L'ami américain
Med døden som innsats
SCAN: Draugas iš Amerikos
Wim Wenders: Amerika's Vriend in LA
미국 친구
미국인 친구

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Bavaria Film
Filmverlag der Autoren
Les Films du Losange
Road Movies
WDR
Wim Wenders Productions

Production Countries:
France | Germany

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  JP: G  NL: 16  US: NR 

Runtime: 125

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Administration:
Claude Bertonazzi

Art Direction:
Heidi Lüdi
Toni Lüdi

Assistant Camera:
Edward Lachman
Jacques Steyn
Martin Schäfer

Assistant Director:
Emmanuel Clot
Fritz Müller-Scherz

Assistant Editor:
Barbara von Weitershausen
Gisela Bock
Ingrid Träutlein-Peer

Costume Design:
Isolde Nist

Director:
Wim Wenders

Director of Photography:
Robby Müller

Editor:
Peter Przygodda

Electrician:
Jean-Claude Le Bras
Andreas Willim
Robert Morsch

Executive Producer:
Renée Gundelach

First Assistant Director:
Philippe Schwartz

Grip:
Hans Dreher

Lighting Technician:
Ernst Harinko
Tassilo Peik
Viktor Sauermann
Wolfgang Dell
Ekkehard Heinrich
Hans Volkmann

Line Producer:
Margaret Ménégoz

Location Manager:
Heinz Badewitz
Philippe Schwartz
Pat Kirck

Makeup Artist:
Hannelore Uhrmacher
Evelyn Döhring

Novel:
Patricia Highsmith

Original Music Composer:
Jürgen Knieper

Producer:
Joachim von Mengershausen
Wim Wenders

Production Assistant:
Harald Vogel

Production Manager:
Michael Wiedemann
Pierre Cottrell

Props:
Eckerhard Voggenreiter
Luigi De Luca
Bernhard Frey
Peter Braun

Screenplay:
Wim Wenders

Script Supervisor:
Gretl Zeilinger

Sound:
Peter Kaiser

Sound Assistant:
Jens-Uwe Laddey
Jochen Bärwald
Maryte Kavaliauskas

Sound Mixer:
Milan Bor
Max Galinsky
Martin Müller

Special Effects:
Theo Nischwitz

Stunts:
Klaus Schichan

Unit Manager:
Harald Kügler

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