 | Dennis Hopper als Tom Ripley |
 | Bruno Ganz als Jonathan Zimmermann |
 | Lisa Kreuzer als Marianne Zimmermann |
 | Gérard Blain als Raoul Minot |
 | Nicholas Ray als Derwatt |
 | Samuel Fuller als The American |
 | Peter Lilienthal als Marcangelo |
 | Daniel Schmid als Igraham |
 | Sandy Whitelaw als Doctor in Paris |
 | Jean Eustache als Friendly Man |
 | Lou Castel als Rodolphe |
 | Andreas Dedecke als Daniel Zimmermann |
| David Blue als Allan Winter |
 | Rudolf Schündler als Gantner |
 | Gerty Molzen als Old Lady |
| Heinz Joachim Klein als Dr. Gabriel |
 | Satya De La Manitou als Angie |
 | Axel Schiessler als Lippo |
| Adolf Hansen als Conductor |
 | Rosemarie Heinikel als Mona |
| Stefan Lennert als Auctioneer |
| Heinrich Marmann als Man on the Train |
 | Enzo Robutti als Falling Man (uncredited) |
 | Wim Wenders als Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited) |
| Jürgen Knieper | Original Music Composer |
| Peter Przygodda | Editor |
| Joachim von Mengershausen | Producer |
| Wim Wenders | Director |
| Renée Gundelach | Executive Producer |
| Wim Wenders | Screenplay |
| Robby Müller | Director of Photography |
| Patricia Highsmith | Novel |
| Wim Wenders | Producer |
| Toni Lüdi | Art Direction |
| Isolde Nist | Costume Design |
| Margaret Ménégoz | Line Producer |
| Heidi Lüdi | Art Direction |
| Evelyn Döhring | Makeup Artist |
| Hannelore Uhrmacher | Makeup Artist |
| Pierre Cottrell | Production Manager |
| Harald Kügler | Unit Manager |
| Michael Wiedemann | Production Manager |
| Emmanuel Clot | Assistant Director |
| Fritz Müller-Scherz | Assistant Director |
| Philippe Schwartz | First Assistant Director |
| Peter Braun | Props |
| Luigi De Luca | Props |
| Bernhard Frey | Props |
| Eckerhard Voggenreiter | Props |
| Milan Bor | Sound Mixer |
| Jochen Bärwald | Sound Assistant |
| Max Galinsky | Sound Mixer |
| Peter Kaiser | Sound |
| Maryte Kavaliauskas | Sound Assistant |
| Jens-Uwe Laddey | Sound Assistant |
| Martin Müller | Sound Mixer |
| Theo Nischwitz | Special Effects |
| Klaus Schichan | Stunts |
| Wolfgang Dell | Lighting Technician |
| Hans Dreher | Grip |
| Ernst Harinko | Lighting Technician |
| Ekkehard Heinrich | Lighting Technician |
| Edward Lachman | Assistant Camera |
| Jean-Claude Le Bras | Electrician |
| Robert Morsch | Electrician |
| Tassilo Peik | Lighting Technician |
| Viktor Sauermann | Lighting Technician |
| Martin Schäfer | Assistant Camera |
| Jacques Steyn | Assistant Camera |
| Hans Volkmann | Lighting Technician |
| Andreas Willim | Electrician |
| Gisela Bock | Assistant Editor |
| Ingrid Träutlein-Peer | Assistant Editor |
| Barbara von Weitershausen | Assistant Editor |
| Heinz Badewitz | Location Manager |
| Pat Kirck | Location Manager |
| Philippe Schwartz | Location Manager |
| Gretl Zeilinger | Script Supervisor |
| Claude Bertonazzi | Administration |
| Harald Vogel | Production Assistant |
