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The American Friend

The American Friend

Wim Wenders, 1977

Spine #793

Drama / Thriller / Crime

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Directed by Wim Wenders

Written by Wim Wenders

Cinematography Robby Müller

Cast Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, Peter Lilienthal, Daniel Schmid

Anton Corbijn

“One of the few films that play in Hamburg. It's very... I made 'A Most Wanted Man' there. This is really nice when you use a city that people actually don't know. It's not someone's... And Dennis Hopper's in it too.”