Die Fälschung (Circle of Deceit) (1981)
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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,… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Written By
- Nicolas Born, Jean-Claude Carriere
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1981 Wide
Critic Reviews
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David Ng, Village Voice
Aspires to the humanist as well as the humanitarian, and ultimately achieves both.
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David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor
This politically charged 1981 drama isn't one of Schlöndorff's greatest films, but its strong moral concerns and superb cast make it well worth viewing.
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Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
The humanist Circle of Deceit charts the many moral quandaries encountered by a journalist when he's sent to Beirut to catalog the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war.
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Cast
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Bruno Ganz
as Georg Laschen
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Hanna Schygulla
as Arianna Nassar
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Jerzy Skolimowski
as Hoffmann
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Gila von Weitershausen
as Greta Laschen
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Jean Carmet
as Rudnik
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Peter Martin Urtel
as Berger
- Joachim D. Mues
- John Munro
