The American Friend

Based On the book by Patricia Highsmith

The American Friend (German: Der amerikanische Freund) is a 1977 neo-noir film written and directed by Wim Wenders, adapted from the 1974 novel Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith. It stars Dennis Hopper as career-criminal Tom Ripley and Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann, a terminally ill picture framer whom Ripley coaxes into becoming an assassin. The film uses an unusual "natural" language concept: Zimmermann speaks German with his family and his doctor, but English with Ripley and while visiting Paris.

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Release date:

May 26, 1977

Director:

Wim Wenders

Cast:

Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Samuel Fuller, Nicholas Ray

Genre:

Crime, Drama, Neo-noir

Country:

France, Germany

Language:

German

Year page:

1977 in adaptations