Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.
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| Production | Renée Gundelach | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Wim Wenders | Director |
| Sound | Jürgen Knieper | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Patricia Highsmith | Novel |
| Camera | Robby Müller | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Peter Przygodda | Editor |
| Writing | Wim Wenders | Screenplay |
| Production | Joachim von Mengershausen | Producer |
| Art | Heidi Lüdi | Art Direction |
| Production | Margaret Ménégoz | Line Producer |
| Production | Wim Wenders | Producer |
| Art | Toni Lüdi | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isolde Nist | Costume Design |
| Lighting | Viktor Sauermann | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Martin Schäfer | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Philippe Schwartz | Location Manager |
| Art | Luigi De Luca | Props |
| Lighting | Andreas Willim | Electrician |
| Directing | Gretl Zeilinger | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Fritz Müller-Scherz | Assistant Director |
| Production | Heinz Badewitz | Location Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Evelyn Döhring | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Harald Kügler | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Philippe Schwartz | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Bernhard Frey | Props |
| Art | Eckerhard Voggenreiter | Props |
| Art | Peter Braun | Props |
| Lighting | Ekkehard Heinrich | Lighting Technician |
| Editing | Barbara von Weitershausen | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Gisela Bock | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Emmanuel Clot | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jens-Uwe Laddey | Sound Assistant |
| Lighting | Jean-Claude Le Bras | Electrician |
| Production | Michael Wiedemann | Production Manager |
| Crew | Klaus Schichan | Stunts |
| Lighting | Ernst Harinko | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Hans Dreher | Grip |
| Sound | Martin Müller | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Peter Kaiser | Sound |
| Lighting | Wolfgang Dell | Lighting Technician |
| Production | Pierre Cottrell | Production Manager |
| Sound | Milan Bor | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jochen Bärwald | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Max Galinsky | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Theo Nischwitz | Special Effects |
| Sound | Maryte Kavaliauskas | Sound Assistant |
| Camera | Edward Lachman | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Tassilo Peik | Lighting Technician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hannelore Uhrmacher | Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | Hans Volkmann | Lighting Technician |
| Editing | Ingrid Träutlein-Peer | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Pat Kirck | Location Manager |
| Lighting | Robert Morsch | Electrician |
| Camera | Jacques Steyn | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Claude Bertonazzi | Administration |
| Production | Harald Vogel | Production Assistant |
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