Main Cast: Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jerzy Skolimowski, Gila Von Weitershausen, Jean Carmet
Release Year: 1981
Country: FR/WG
Run Time: 110 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Bruno Ganz plays a West German journalist whose frequent assignments to war-torn nations have left him jaundiced. He is assigned to cover the civil war in Beirut. The combination of his harrowing experiences on the job and his after-hours relationship with widow Hannah Schygulla affects Ganz deeply, in spite of the wall he's built around himself. He suffers a crisis of conscience when he is forced to commit himself to someone--and something--for the first time in his life. The plot of Circle of Deceit was based on the reminiscences of novelist Nicolas Born; the picture's realism is grotesquely enhanced by the decision to film on location in Beirut, surrounding the actors with genuine wartime carnage--bodies and all. Originally titled Die Falschung, Circle of Deceit is not a comfortable experience, but few will stop watching once the film has started. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Jacques Bufnoir - Art Director, Bernd Lepel - Art Director, Alexandre Riachi - Art Director, Tannous Zougheib - Art Director, Dagmar Niefind - Costume Designer, Volker Schlöndorff - Director, Suzanne Baron - Editor, Maurice Jarre - Composer (Music Score), Igor Luther - Cinematographer, Eberhard Junkersdorf - Producer, Jacques Bufnoir - Set Designer, Bernd Lepel - Set Designer, André Trielli - Special Effects, Paul Trielli - Special Effects, Jean-Claude Carrière - Screenwriter, Volker Schlöndorff - Screenwriter, Margarethe von Trotta - Screenwriter, Kai Hermann - Screenwriter, Nicolas Born - Book Author
