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Article: Der Amerikanische Freund
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DER AMERIKANISCHE FREUND
(The American Friend)
West Germany-France, 1977
Director:
Wim Wenders
Production:
Road Movies Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin), Les Films du Losange (Paris), Wim Wenders Produktion (Munich), and Westdeutschen Rundfunk (Cologne); Eastmancolor, 35mm; running time: 123 minutes (some sources list 127 minutes). Released 1977. Filmed in Paris.
Producer:
Wim Wenders;
screenplay:
Wim Wenders, from the novel
Ripley's Game
by Patricia Highsmith;
photography:
Robby M
ü
ller;
editor:
Peter Przygodda;
art director:
Sickerts;
music:
J
ü
rgen Knieper.
Cast:
Bruno Ganz (
Jonathan Zimmerman
); Dennis Hopper (
Tom Ripley
); Lisa Kreuzer (
Marianne ...