Directed by:
Volker SchlöndorffCinematography:
Igor LutherComposer:
Maurice JarreCast:
Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jean Carmet, Jerzy Skolimowski, Gila von Weitershausen, Joachim Dietmar Mues, Hans Häckermann, Hans Peter Korff (more)Plots(1)
Volker Schlondorff's CIRCLE OF DECEIT eloquently captures the chaos of war through the eyes of German journalist Georg (Bruno Ganz). As his marriage quickly degrades, Georg decides to escape to war-torn Beirut, where he hopes to document the country's civil war in an essay for his newspaper. Along with his photographer friend Hoffman (Jerzy Skolimowski), he finds himself immersed in the immediacy of the violence -- dodging bullets and conducting interviews with dangerous subjects. He also finds another kind of danger, an affair with a beautiful widow (Hanna Schygulla). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Bruno Ganz
Switzerland
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Hanna Schygulla
German Empire
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Jean Carmet
France
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Jerzy Skolimowski
Poland
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Gila von Weitershausen
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Joachim Dietmar Mues
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Hans Häckermann
German Empire
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Hans Peter Korff
German Empire
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Pappa ante Portas (1991)
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Peter Martin Urtel
German Empire
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Wolfgang Kaven
German Empire
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