Der amerikanische Freund (1977)

Title: The American Friend

Original Title: Der amerikanische Freund

Release Date: 1977-06-24

Status: Released

Rating: 7.2/10 (from 380 votes)

Language: DE

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime

Production Companies: Road Movies, Wim Wenders Productions, Les Films du Losange, WDR

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.