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Circle of Deceit (German title: Die Fälschung, 'the deception'; French title: Le Faussaire) is an anti-war film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and internationally released in 1981. An international co-production, it was an adaptation of Nicolas Born's novel The Deception, which had appeared in 1979.
Oct 28, 1981 · Circle of Deceit: Directed by Volker Schlöndorff. With Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jerzy Skolimowski, Jean Carmet. A German journalist, escaping from broken marriage, goes to Lebanon to cover the civil war. Soon, he realizes that he can't handle the truth.
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- Drama, War
- Volker Schlöndorff
- 1981-10-28
Arriving in bombed-out Beirut at the break of the Lebanese Civil War, Georg and photographer Hoffman (Jerzy Skolimowski) interview locals, dodge explosions and debate the war...
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- Volker Schlöndorff
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- Bruno Ganz
A German journalist arrives in a war-torn Beirut to chronicle the Lebanese Civil War. Feeling out of place in this new world, he struggles to report on a political situation he doesn’t understand. A tragic event will make him realize how easily moral standards can be corrupted.
Die Fälschung (French title: Le Faussaire; English title: Circle of Deceit) is an anti-war film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and internationally released in 1981. An international co-production, it was an adaptation of Nicolas Born's novel of the same name, which had appeared in 1979.
- Volker Schlöndorff
Sep 10, 2012 · It's the classic front-line story: Ganz's German war correspondent goes off to Beirut to cover the Lebanese war, and while there suffers a crisis of conscience.
Overview. Georg Laschen leaves his family in West Germany to go work as a war correspondent in Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians. Volker Schlöndorff. Director, Writer. Nicolas Born. Novel. Kai Hermann. Writer. Jean-Claude Carrière. Writer. Margarethe von Trotta. Writer.
