The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1977
The American Friend
Directed by
Wim Wenders
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Dennis HopperTom Ripley
Bruno GanzJonathan Zimmermann
Lisa KreuzerMarianne Zimmermann
Gérard BlainRaoul Minot
Nicholas RayAndrew Pogash Derwatt
Samuel FullerThe American
Peter LilienthalMarcangelo
Daniel SchmidSamuel Igraham
Sandy WhitelawDoctor in Paris
Jean EustacheFriendly Man
Lou CastelRodolphe
Andreas DedeckeDaniel Zimmermann
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David BlueAllan Winter
Rudolf SchündlerGantner
Gerty MolzenOld Lady
Heinz Joachim KleinDr. Gabriel
Satya De La ManitouAngie
Axel SchiesslerLippo
Adolf HansenConductor
Rosemarie HeinikelMona
Stefan LennertAuctioneer
Heinrich MarmannMan on the Train
Enzo RobuttiFalling Man (uncredited)
Wim WendersFigure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
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