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 Hopper
Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz
Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer
Marianne Zimmermann
Gérard Blain
Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray
Derwatt
Samuel Fuller
The American
Peter Lilienthal
Marcangelo
Daniel Schmid
Igraham
Sandy Whitelaw
Doctor in Paris
Jean Eustache
Friendly Man
Lou Castel
Rodolphe
Andreas Dedecke
Daniel Zimmermann
David Blue
Allan Winter
Rudolf Schündler
Gantner
Gerty Molzen
Old Lady
Heinz Joachim Klein
Dr. Gabriel
Satya De La Manitou
Angie
Axel Schiessler
Lippo
Adolf Hansen
Conductor
Rosemarie Heinikel
Mona
Stefan Lennert
Auctioneer
Heinrich Marmann
Man on the Train
Enzo Robutti
Falling Man (uncredited)
Wim Wenders
Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)
Crew
Wim Wenders
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Patricia Highsmith
Novel
Peter Przygodda
Editor
Barbara von Weitershausen
Assistant Editor
Gisela Bock
Assistant Editor
Ingrid Träutlein-Peer
Assistant Editor
Robby Müller
Director of Photography
Philippe Schwartz
First Assistant Director, Location Manager
Fritz Müller-Scherz
Assistant Director
Emmanuel Clot
Assistant Director
Renée Gundelach
Executive Producer
Joachim von Mengershausen
Producer
Margaret Ménégoz
Line Producer
Harald Vogel
Production Assistant
Martin Schäfer
Assistant Camera
Edward Lachman
Assistant Camera
Jacques Steyn
Assistant Camera
Isolde Nist
Costume Design
Evelyn Döhring
Makeup Artist
Hannelore Uhrmacher
Makeup Artist
Martin Müller
Sound Mixer
Milan Bor
Sound Mixer
Max Galinsky
Sound Mixer
Jens-Uwe Laddey
Sound Assistant
Jochen Bärwald
Sound Assistant
Maryte Kavaliauskas
Sound Assistant
Peter Kaiser
Sound
Viktor Sauermann
Lighting Technician
Ekkehard Heinrich
Lighting Technician
Ernst Harinko
Lighting Technician
Wolfgang Dell
Lighting Technician
Tassilo Peik
Lighting Technician
Hans Volkmann
Lighting Technician
Theo Nischwitz
Special Effects
Jürgen Knieper
Original Music Composer
Luigi De Luca
Props
Bernhard Frey
Props
Eckerhard Voggenreiter
Props
Peter Braun
Props
Gretl Zeilinger
Script Supervisor
Andreas Willim
Electrician
Jean-Claude Le Bras
Electrician
Robert Morsch
Electrician
Heinz Badewitz
Location Manager
Pat Kirck
Location Manager
Klaus Schichan
Stunts
Hans Dreher
Grip
Michael Wiedemann
Production Manager
Pierre Cottrell
Production Manager
Harald Kügler
Unit Manager
Heidi Lüdi
Art Direction
Toni Lüdi
Art Direction
Claude Bertonazzi
Administration
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