Circle of Deceit

Name: Circle of Deceit
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Released: 1981
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jean Carmet, Jerzy Skolimowski, Gila von Weitershausen

1981 · 108 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 1,008 VOTES · DIR. Volker Schlöndorff

Overview

Georg Laschen leaves his family in West Germany to go work as a war correspondent in Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians.

Dialogue Timeline — 605 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:09 I'm not afraid to live a lie

00:05:48 I don't know yet. They'll phone.

00:10:51 No shooting, no distant rumbling.

00:19:18 Your colleagues have all gone home, or they're in Cairo.

00:21:11 Tell him something extraordinary is developing.

00:24:31 or, at the same time, the feeling of being invulnerable?

00:33:25 It was my husband's.

00:35:25 All that's left of him is Aisha.

00:38:40 Not here.

00:44:50 And we are its guardians.

00:46:16 It's my eldest son's birthday.

00:47:27 No help f rom abroad?

00:49:14 You f rom Hamburg?

00:50:52 Four.

00:52:39 in order to f eel alive.

00:56:19 You see, it's been a long time.

01:00:36 Nothing's changed.

01:03:13 A very inexpensive child.

01:07:33 Can I ask you one favor?

01:21:32 East or West?

01:25:38 Good thing f or you too, I hope.

01:31:22 My mind is made up.

01:43:33 something we can sell worldwide.

01:45:13 Going to write poetry?

Cast & Characters

Bruno Ganz Georg Laschen Hanna Schygulla Ariane Nassar Jean Carmet Rudnik Jerzy Skolimowski Hoffmann Gila von Weitershausen Greta Laschen Peter Martin Urtel Berger John Munro John Fouad Naim Excellence Joseph Josette Khalil Madame Joseph Ghassan Mattar Ahmed

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed605

Dialogue density5.6 lines / min

First line00:02:09

Final line01:45:13

Production Record

DirectorVolker Schlöndorff

LanguageGerman

IMDb votes1,008