---
title: 'Circle of Deceit (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Volker Schlöndorff'
released: '1981-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/circle-of-deceit-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082429/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Circle of Deceit (1981)

1981 · 108 min · Drama · Germany, France

Original title: Die Fälschung

## Synopsis

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 The Deception, 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Volker Schlöndorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-schlondorff)
- **Screenplay:** [Volker Schlöndorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-schlondorff), [Margarethe von Trotta](https://cinepixo.com/people/margarethe-von-trotta), [Kai Hermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/kai-hermann), [Jean-Claude Carrière](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-carriere)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jarre)
- **Producer:** [Eberhard Junkersdorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/eberhard-junkersdorf)
- **Director of Photography:** [Igor Luther](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-luther)
- **Editor:** [Suzanne Baron](https://cinepixo.com/people/suzanne-baron)

## Cast

- [Hans Peter Korff](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-peter-korff)
- [Bruno Ganz](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-ganz)
- [Hanna Schygulla](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanna-schygulla)
- [Jean Carmet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-carmet)
- [Gila von Weitershausen](https://cinepixo.com/people/gila-von-weitershausen)
- [Jerzy Skolimowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-skolimowski)

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