The American Friend - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "The American Friend"
Der amerikanische Freund (1977)
Timing:
2:5 (125 min)
7.2/10
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Joachim von Mengershausen
Producer
Executive Producer
Renée Gundelach
Executive Producer
Editor
Peter Przygodda
Editor
Art Direction
Heidi Lüdi
Art Direction
Toni Lüdi
Art Direction
Costume Design
Isolde Nist
Costume Design
Stunts
Klaus Schichan
Stunts
Makeup Artist
Evelyn Döhring
Makeup Artist
Hannelore Uhrmacher
Makeup Artist
Original Music Composer
Jürgen Knieper
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Script Supervisor
Gretl Zeilinger
Script Supervisor
Electrician
Andreas Willim
Electrician
Jean-Claude Le Bras
Electrician
Robert Morsch
Electrician
Sound Mixer
Milan Bor
Sound Mixer
Martin Müller
Sound Mixer
Max Galinsky
Sound Mixer
First Assistant Director
Philippe Schwartz
First Assistant Director
Production Manager
Pierre Cottrell
Production Manager
Michael Wiedemann
Production Manager
Screenplay
Novel
Assistant Editor
Barbara von Weitershausen
Assistant Editor
Gisela Bock
Assistant Editor
Ingrid Träutlein-Peer
Assistant Editor
Lighting Technician
Wolfgang Dell
Lighting Technician
Ekkehard Heinrich
Lighting Technician
Ernst Harinko
Lighting Technician
Tassilo Peik
Lighting Technician
Viktor Sauermann
Lighting Technician
Hans Volkmann
Lighting Technician
Props
Bernhard Frey
Props
Peter Braun
Props
Luigi De Luca
Props
Eckerhard Voggenreiter
Props
Location Manager
Heinz Badewitz
Location Manager
Philippe Schwartz
Location Manager
Pat Kirck
Location Manager
Grip
Hans Dreher
Grip
Special Effects
Theo Nischwitz
Special Effects
Assistant Director
Fritz Müller-Scherz
Assistant Director
Emmanuel Clot
Assistant Director
Production Assistant
Harald Vogel
Production Assistant
Sound Assistant
Maryte Kavaliauskas
Sound Assistant
Jochen Bärwald
Sound Assistant
Jens-Uwe Laddey
Sound Assistant
Sound
Peter Kaiser
Sound
Line Producer
Unit Manager
Harald Kügler
Unit Manager
Administration
Claude Bertonazzi
Administration
Assistant Camera
Jacques Steyn
Assistant Camera
Martin Schäfer
Assistant Camera
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Patricia Highsmith's novel «Ripley's Game» (1974).
- Wim Wenders initially really wanted John Cassavetes to play the role of the main character, Tom Ripley – rumors have it that the screenwriter was strongly impressed by his performance in Roman Polanski's «Rosemary's Baby».
- Wenders tried to acquire the rights to several of Highsmith's novels at once, but learned that all the rights already belonged to other directors. When the writer found out about this, she offered the director «Ripley's Game», which had not been published at that time.
- Patricia Highsmith disliked the production from the very beginning, as she felt it distorted the image of Ripley. Only after seeing the film in a cinema did she admit that "The American Friend" was magnificent.
- Wim Wenders planned to give the roles of all the foreigners in the film to established directors. Directors such as Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, and Gérard Blain tried their hand at acting.
- Dennis Hopper, who replaced John Cassavetes in the role of Tom Ripley, brought a number of new ideas to the filming process, in particular, he came up with the title "The American Friend" instead of the working title "Framed".
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