Circle of Deceit (1981 film)
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Circle of Deceit (German title: Die Fälschung, 'the deception'; French title: Le Faussaire) is an anti-war film[2] 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. The film follows a German journalist sent to Beirut to report on the Lebanese Civil War, which had begun in 1975.
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Directed by | Volker Schlöndorff |
Written by | Volker Schlöndorff Margarethe von Trotta Jean-Claude Carriere Kai Hermann |
Based on | Die Fälschung by Nicolas Born |
Produced by | Eberhard Junkersdorf Anatole Dauman |
Starring | Bruno Ganz Hanna Schygulla Jerzy Skolimowski Gila von Weitershausen |
Cinematography | Igor Luther |
Edited by | Suzanne Baron |
Music by | Maurice Jarre |
Distributed by | United Artists Classics |
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Running time | 110 minutes[1] |
Countries | West Germany France Lebanon |
Languages | German English French Arabic |
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