72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Die Fälschung / Circle of Deceit

Volker Schlöndorff
     110 m.
Synopsis
Journalist Georg Laschen is sent to Beirut as war correspondent for a Hamburg newspaper, leaving his family behind for an indefinite period of time. In the ruined city he meets a German embassy employee and passionate Arabist, with whom he has a short affair bringing him to the obvious conclusion that both his marriage and his professional life are based on lies and self-deception.
Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Screenplay
Volker Schlöndorff, Jean-Claude Carrière, Margarethe von Trotta, Kai Hermann
Photography
Igor Luther, Franz Rath
Edition
Suzanne Baron
Music
Maurice Jarre
Cast
Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jerzy Skolimowski, Gila von Weitershausen
Running Time
110 m.
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