The enigmatic American Tom Ripley, main character of several novels by writer Patricia Highsmith, drags an innocent German frame maker into a world of intrigue and death. Thus, Wenders constructs an absorbing thriller about lives at stake, in which traps are inevitable. The director also makes a criticism of the Americanization of European cinema.
Título original: Der Amerikanische Freund
Ano: 1977
Duração: 128 min.
Gênero: Fiction
País: Germany
Direção: Wim Wenders
Roteiro: Wim Wenders
Fotografia: Robby Muller
Elenco: Bruno Ganz, Dennis Hopper, Lisa Kreuzer, Gerard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, Peter Lilienthal, Daniel Schmid, Jean Eustache, Lou Castel
Música: Jurgen Knieper
Edições: 3