Film
The American Friend
1977Directed by Wim Wenders
Where to watch
Stream
- Criterion Channel
Rent
- Amazon Video
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Buy
- Amazon Video
- Apple TV Store
- Fandango At Home
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
About The American Friend
- Drama
- Thriller
- Crime
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Writers
- Patricia Highsmith
- Wim Wenders
- Original title
- Der amerikanische Freund
