Circle of Deceit (Die Falschung)
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 11, 2004
- Originally Released: 1981
- Label: Kino Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Bruno Ganz | |
| Performer: | Hanna Schygulla, Jean Carmet, Jerzy Skolimowski, Gila von Weitershausen, Peter Martin Urtel, John Munro, Fouad Naim & Josette Khalil | |
| Directed by | Volker Schlöndorff | |
| Edited by | Suzanne Baron | |
| Written by | Jean-Claude Carrière, Kai Hermann, Volker Schlöndorff & Margarethe von Trotta | |
| Composition by | Maurice Jarre | |
| Cinematography by | Igor Luther & Michael Zens |
Entertainment Reviews:
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As war movies go, Circle of Deceit is a bloody success.
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Associated Press
A strong, compelling film, a devastating commentary on war and politics and a sensitive illumination of the personality and sensibility of the war correspondent who fancies himself as a spectator.
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Boston Globe
Rating: 3/4 --
This politically charged 1981 drama isn't one of Schlöndorff's greatest films, but its strong moral concerns and superb cast make it well worth viewing.
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Christian Science Monitor
The dramatically reconstructed battles are an example of good cinema, that is, of informative seriousness and creative imagination. [Full Review in Spanish]
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El Pais (Spain)
Aspires to the humanist as well as the humanitarian, and ultimately achieves both.
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Village Voice
It is a rough film to sit through, but sitting through it is definitely a worthwhile and illuminating experience.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Rating: 3.5/4 --
The humanist Circle of Deceit charts the many moral quandaries encountered by a journalist when he's sent to Beirut to catalog the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war.
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Slant Magazine
Product Description:
Volker Schlondorff's CIRCLE OF DECEIT eloquently captures the chaos of war through the eyes of German journalist Georg (Bruno Ganz). As his marriage quickly degrades, Georg decides to escape to war-torn Beirut, where he hopes to document the country's civil war in an essay for his newspaper. Along with his photographer friend Hoffman (Jerzy Skolimowski), he finds himself immersed in the immediacy of the violence -- dodging bullets and conducting interviews with dangerous subjects. He also finds another kind of danger, an affair with a beautiful widow (Hanna Schygulla).
Keywords:
Civil War
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Politics
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War
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Political
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News
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Violence
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Journalists / Journalism
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Newspapers
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Based On A Novel
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Product Info
- UPC: 738329034221
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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