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1977 | DIRECTED BY WIM WENDERS

The American Friend

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Movie Stats
Year
1977
Runtime
 128 minutes (2 hrs 08 mins)
Certificates

15

Not Rated

16

VM14
Select Cast
Dennis Hopper
Bruno Ganz
Lisa Kreuzer
Gerard Blain
Nicholas Ray
Samuel Fuller
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Last viewed:
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Total views:
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Release Dates
US release date
 US release
26th September 1977
48 years 11 months 9 days ago
France release date
 France
28th September 1977
48 years 11 months 7 days ago
Japan release date
 Japan
11th October 1977
48 years 10 months 25 days ago
Italy release date
 Italy
20th January 1978
48 years 7 months 16 days ago
Sweden release date
 Sweden
30th January 1978
48 years 7 months 6 days ago
Mexico release date
 Mexico
4th March 1978
48 years 6 months 1 days ago
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Directed by
wim wenders Wim Wenders
Starring
Dennis HopperTom Ripley
Bruno GanzJonathan Zimmermann
Lisa KreuzerMarianne Zimmermann
Gerard BlainRaoul Minot
Nicholas Ray'Derwatt'
Samuel FullerDer Amerikaner
Peter LilienthalMarcangelo
Daniel SchmidIgraham
Sandy WhitelawArzt in Paris
Jean EustacheFreundlicher Mann
Lou CastelRodolphe
Andreas DedeckeDaniel
David BlueAllan Winter
Stefan LennertAuktionator
Rudolf SchundlerGantner
Gerty MolzenAlte Dame
Heinz Joachim KleinDr. Gabriel
Heinrich MarmannHerr im zug
Satya De La ManitouAngie
Axel SchiesslerLippo
Adolf HansenSchaffner
Rosemarie HeinikelMona
Enzo RobuttiFalling man
Wim WendersFigure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance
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Genres
Crime
Crime
Drama
Drama
Mystery
Mystery
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News from around the web
Adaptation: Patricia Highsmith  Film Comment Wed, 6th May 2026

The 1982 movie premiere Dennis Hopper missed because he was “in the insane asylum”  Far Out Magazine Fri, 12th June 2026

The American Friend  Reverse Shot Thu, 12th October 2023

The American Friend movie review  Roger Ebert Tue, 31st October 2017

The American Friend: Little Lies and Big Disasters  The Criterion Collection Tue, 12th January 2016

Wim Wenders’s High Plains Grifter (Published 2016)  The New York Times Fri, 12th February 2016

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