Circle of Deceit (1981 film)

Circle of Deceit (German title: Die Fälschung, 'the fake'; French title: Le Faussaire) 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.

Circle of Deceit
Directed byVolker Schlöndorff
Written byVolker Schlöndorff
Margarethe von Trotta
Jean-Claude Carriere
Kai Hermann
Based onDie Fälschung
by Nicolas Born
Produced byEberhard Junkersdorf
Anatole Dauman
StarringBruno Ganz
Hanna Schygulla
Jerzy Skolimowski
Gila von Weitershausen
CinematographyIgor Luther
Edited bySuzanne Baron
Music byMaurice Jarre
Distributed byKino International
Release dates
  • 15 October 1981 (1981-10-15) (Wiesbaden, West Germany)

  • 28 October 1981 (1981-10-28) (France)
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesWest Germany
France
Lebanon
LanguagesGerman
English
French
Arabic
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