Schlondorff, Volker	...	(Director)
Nicolas Born, Jean-Claude Carrière	...	(Writer)
Bruno Ganz	...	Georg Laschen
Hanna Schygulla	...	Ariane Nassar
Jerzy Skolimowski	...	Hoffmann
Jean Carmet	...	Rudnik
Gila von Weitershausen	...	Greta Laschen
Peter Martin Urtel	...	Berger
John Munro	...	John
Fouad Naim	...	Excellence Joseph
Josette Khalil	...	Madame Joseph
Ghassan Mattar	...	Ahmed
Sarah Salem	...	Sister Brigitte
Rafic Najem	...	Taxi
Magnia Fakhoury	...	Aicha
Jack Diagilaitas	...	Swedish Journalist
Roger Assaf	...	Phalangist Officer
Khaled El Sayed	...	Progressive Officer
Tafic Najem	...	Cab Driver
Jack Diagilaitis	...	Swedish Journalist

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Summary: Laschen, a German journalist, travels to the city of Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians to produce an essay about the situation. Together with his photographer, he meets some important people and discovers the everyday face of the war. He also has to figure out about his home life, where his marriage is in a big crisis.