THE AMERICAN FRIEND
Directed by Wim Wenders
Fiction –
Drama, Crime –
1977 –
West Germany, France –
126′
Synopsis
In 1977, THE AMERICAN FRIEND won the German Critics Prize as well as gold in two categories of the German Film Prize and is now considered a cult film. Wenders adapted Patricia Highsmith’s novel Ripley’s Game for the film.
Cast
Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain
Crew
Production – Road Movies Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin), Wim Wenders Produktion (Munich), Les Films du Losange (Paris), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Cologne)
Director – Wim Wenders
Producers – Wim Wenders, Renée Gundelach
Screenplay – Wim Wenders, based on the novel Ripley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith
Director of Photography – Robby Müller
Editor – Peter Przygodda
Sound – Martin Müller, Peter Kaiser
