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Circle of Deceit is a Allemand film of genre Drama directed by Volker Schlöndorff with Bruno Ganz
Circle of Deceit (1981)
Die Fälschung
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Add to a movie listDie 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. 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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Dans Beyrouth écartelée par une guerre fratricide, un reporter allemand, Georg Laschen, enquête sur les causes du conflit. Il y retrouve Ariane, une ancienne maîtresse, venue au Liban avec son mari. Il découvre l'horreur de la guerre et, désespéré d'avoir eu à tuer un Arabe, il rentre en Allemagne et refuse d'y vendre les informations qu'il détient.Actors
Bruno Ganz
(Georg Laschen)
Hanna Schygulla
(Ariane Nassar)
Jerzy Skolimowski
(Hoffmann)
Jean Carmet
(Rudnik)
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