To escape his crumbling marriage, German journalist Laschen travels to Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians to produce an essay. Together with his photographer, he meets some influential people and discovers the everyday face of the war.

Genres

Cast

Bruno Ganz

Georg Laschen

Hanna Schygulla

Ariane Nassar

Jerzy Skolimowski

Hoffmann

Jean Carmet

Rudnik

Gila von Weitershausen

Greta Laschen

Peter Martin Urtel

Berger

Ghassan Matar

Ahmed

Roger Assaf

phalangist officer

Hans Häckermann

senior editor

Hans Peter Korff

editor