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Original title: Der Amerikanische Freund
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 7, 2003
Budget DEM 3,000,000
MPAA Rating
NR
Running Time
2 hours, 7 minutes
Country West Germany, France
Studio Films du Losange, Films Moli, Filmverlag der Autoren, Road Movies Filmproduktion
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• The American Friend (1977)
• Der Amerikanische Freund
• L'Ami Americain
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama, Gangsters, Cult Classic, Experimental, Disturbing, Revenge, Spy
Plot: Jonathan Zimmermann, a German picture-framer, is dying of a rare blood disease. Despite his illness, the happily married Jonathan does his best to live each day to the fullest with his wife and child. But when Tom Ripley, a cunning American gangster, learns of Jonathan's sickness, he convinces the dying man--deeply concerned about his family's financial future--to work as a hit man for a big payoff. Will Jonathan get in over his head by making a deal that could ruin what's left of his life? This is a sensitive, film-noirish tribute to the American gangster film by the German Wenders, which is based on the novel RIPLEY'S GAME by Patricia Highsmith.
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