GERMANY · 1977

The American Friend

Wim Wenders
New German Cinema moral corruption manipulation and coercion identity and deception desperation exploited transatlantic crime
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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.

Year1977
CountryGermany
DirectorWim Wenders
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