TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wim Wenders
AU  -  Bruno, Ganz.
AU  - Gérard Blain
AU  - Lisa Kreuzer
AU  - Nicholas Ray
AU  - Peter Lilienthal
AU  - Samuel Fuller
AU  - Dennis Hopper
TI  - The American Friend
AV  - DVD 002586 
PY  - 1977///
CY  - France
PB  - Filmverlag der Autoren
KW  - Drama
KW  - Mystery
KW  - Thriller
KW  - Crime
N1  - Jonathan Zimmermann, a picture framer in Hamburg is diagnosed as having leukemia. Ripley, an American art dealer who deals in forgeries; Patricia Highsmith
N2  - Jonathan Zimmermann, a picture framer in Hamburg is diagnosed as having leukemia. Ripley, an American art dealer who deals in forgeries, uses this fact to arrange for a mob associate of his to recruit Zimmermann as a hit man. Zimmermann agrees to this to ensure his family's financial future. Zimmermann descends into a nightmare world of deceit and double dealing. The narrative acts as a metaphor for the relationship between American (Hollywood) and post-war German culture. The appearance of several Hollywood directors in cameo roles underlines this
UR  - http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0075675/
ER  -