Originally released as a motion picture in 1981./ A foreign film (France, Germany)/ Based on the novel by Nicolas Born./ Letterboxed; aspect ratio 1.85:1./ Special features: The making of 'Circle of deceit' (1981, 29 mins. with English commentary by Volker Schln̲dorff); an interview with Volker Schln̲dorff (2004, 15 min. in English); stills gallery. Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jerzy Skolimowski, Jean Carmet, Gila von Weitershausen, Peter Urtel.
Summary:
Video for American Cinema Class. (Producer) Grateful for a respite from his imploding marriage, Hamburg newspaperman Georg arrives in civil war torn Beirut to chronicle the bloody Lebanese war. Inside a shell-pitted hotel, Georg and colleague Hoffman, join a cynical international coterie of competitive fellow journalists. Outside, they take their lives in their own hands, dodging bullets and conducting interviews that are always just a trigger pull away from becoming executions.
Locations:
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
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