The American Friend (1977) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Wim Wenders.

Cast

• Dennis Hopper as Tom Ripley
• Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann
• Lisa Kreuzer as Marianne Zimmermann
• Gérard Blain as Raoul Minot
• Nicholas Ray as Andrew Pogash Derwatt
• Samuel Fuller as The American
• Peter Lilienthal as Marcangelo
• Daniel Schmid as Samuel Igraham
• Sandy Whitelaw as Doctor in Paris
• Jean Eustache as Friendly Man
• Lou Castel as Rodolphe
• Andreas Dedecke as Daniel Zimmermann
• David Blue as Allan Winter
• Rudolf Schündler as Gantner
• Gerty Molzen as Old Lady
• Heinz Joachim Klein as Dr. Gabriel
• Satya De La Manitou as Angie
• Axel Schiessler as Lippo
• Adolf Hansen as Conductor
• Rosemarie Heinikel as Mona
• Stefan Lennert as Auctioneer
• Heinrich Marmann as Man on the Train
• Enzo Robutti as Falling Man (uncredited)
• Wim Wenders as Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)

Crew

• Wim Wenders — Screenplay
• Joachim von Mengershausen — Producer
• Wim Wenders — Director
• Patricia Highsmith — Novel
• Jürgen Knieper — Original Music Composer
• Robby Müller — Director of Photography
• Wim Wenders — Producer

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