 The American Friend 1977  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Der Amerikanische Freund
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Dennis Hopper, Lisa Kreuzer, Gerard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, Jean Eustache, Peter Lilienthal, Daniel Schmid, Rudolf Schundler, Sandy Whitelaw, Lou Castel, Heinz Joachim Klein, David Blue, Rosemarie Heinikel
This psychological thriller stars Dennis Hopper as Tom Ripley who sells forged paintings. Jonathan Zimmerman (Bruno Ganz) suffers from a fatal illness, and Ripley persuades him to become the paid killer of a French Mafioso. Zimmerman plans to use the money to support his family after his death. But, one murder leads to another.
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Basileus Quartet 1982  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Fabio Carpi
Cast: Pierre Malet, Omero Antonutti, Hector Alterio, Michel Vitold, Francois Simon, Alain Cuny, Gabriele Ferzetti, Veronique Genest, Lisa Kreuzer, Mimsy Farmer
When the leader of a string quartet dies, the three aging members who remain must replace their cohort with a young man–a move that has a great impact on the psyches of the aging musicians.
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Kings of the Road 1976  N/R, 176 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: In the Course of Time
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Rudiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer, Rudolf Schundler, Marquard Bohm, Hans Dieter Trayer, Franziska Stommer, Patric Kreuzer, Peter Kaiser, Michael Wiedemann, Wim Wenders
Movie projector repairman Bruno (Rudiger Vogler) travels from one small-town theater in West Germany to another while living in his beat-up truck. One day, a VW Beetle speeds by and ends up in the river. The occupant Robert (Hanns Zischler) gets out of the car after his half-hearted attempt at suicide, is picked up by Bruno, and they take off together as Bruno continues his route. This is the ultimate road movie by Wim Wenders that makes statements on many matters that occupied the lives of people living through the Cold War and the changes in society that were taking place.
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The Wrong Move 1975  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Wrong Movement
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Rudiger Vogler, Hanna Schygulla, Hans Christian Blech, Nastassja Kinski, Peter Kern, Ivan Desny, Marianne Hoppe, Lisa Kreuzer, Adolf Hansen, Wim Wenders
Aspiring writer Wilhelm (Rudiger Vogler) sets off on a train ride to Bonn and along the way meets good-looking Therese Farner (Hanna Schygulla), ex-Olympian Laertes (Hans Christian Blech) with his mute teen companion Mignon (Nastassja Kinski), and not-so-great poet Bernhard Landau (Peter Kern). But, within this group, personal connections are not easy to attain.
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| 1. The American Friend (1977)
aka: Der Amerikanische Freund
2. Basileus Quartet (1982)
3. Birgit Haas Must Be Killed (1981)
4. Kings of the Road (1976)
aka: In the Course of Time
5. The Wrong Move (1975)
aka: The Wrong Movement
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