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Director:
Nathaniel Gutman
Writers:
Hanan Peled (screenplay)
Hanan Peled (story)
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Release Date:
2 July 1987 (West Germany) See more »
Genre:
Action | Drama | War See more »
Plot:
An American journalist is set up and fed false information after the Lebanon war. | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
1 win See more »
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Cast

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Christopher Walken ... Don Stevens
Marita Marschall ... Linda Larsen
Hywel Bennett ... Mike Jessop
Arnon Zadok ... Hamdi Abu-Yussuf
Amos Lavi ... Yassin Abu-Riadd
Etti Ankri ... Samira

Martin Umbach ... Bernard

Moshe Ivgy ... Adbul

Sasson Gabai ... Bossam
Shahar Cohen ... Habib

Shlomo Bar-Aba ... Micha
Gabi Shoshan ... Salim

Yigal Naor ... Antoine
Jerry Weinstock ... Snyder
Reuven Dayan ... Karim
Nader Masraawi ... Dooud
David Menachem ... Phalangist
Shlomo Tarshish ... Yoram

Moni Moshonov ... Donny
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Directed by
Nathaniel Gutman 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Hanan Peled  screenplay
Hanan Peled  story

Produced by
Michael Sharfstein .... line producer
Barnaby Thompson .... assistant producer
Elisabeth Wolters-Alfs .... producer
 
Original Music by
Hans Jansen 
Jacques Zwart 
 
Cinematography by
Thomas Mauch 
Amnon Salomon 
 
Film Editing by
Peter Przygodda 
 
Production Design by
Yoram Barzilai 
Jürgen Henze 
 
Costume Design by
Rona Doron 
 
Makeup Department
Matti Halchmi .... makeup artist
Debby Kleider .... assistant makeup artist
Victor Leitenbauer .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Andreas Bareiß .... post-production supervisor
David Lipkind .... production manager
Bernie Stampfer .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yoram Kislev .... second assistant director
Assa Lizka .... third assistant director
Riki Shelach Nissimoff .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Judah Akku .... production buyer
Asher Asherov .... production buyer
Itzhak Nuriani .... propsman
Avi Tannenbaum .... property master
David Varod .... set dresser
Issahar Vishnia .... art department coordinator
 
Sound Department
Hartmut Eichgrün .... sound mixer
Detlev Fichtner .... sound recordist
Gunther Friedenberg .... sound assistant
Willi Kluth .... sound effects
Hans-Walter Kramski .... sound effects (as Hans W. Kramski)
Dudu Liss .... sound assistant
Brigitte Platzer .... sound editor
 
Special Effects by
Yoram Pollack .... special effects coordinator
 
Stunts
Alberto Vaknin .... stunt coordinator (as Alberto Vaaknin)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Effi Agami .... key grip
Arik Bernstein .... camera operator: second unit
Yoav Damti .... electrician
Rino Di Silvestro .... gaffer
Shai Goldenberg .... grip
Judith Kaufmann .... assistant camera
Yoav Kosh .... assistant camera
Rami Levy .... electrician
Stefan Motzek .... camera operator: second unit
David Namir .... assistant camera (as David 'Dudy' Namir)
Eitan Tzur .... gaffer
Yossi Wein .... cinematographer: second unit
Elan Yaari .... best boy
Joseph Zicherman .... assistant camera
Nickol De-Castro .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Casting Department
Shosh Brand .... extras casting
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Hadasa Afori .... wardrobe assistant
Dafna Hendli .... wardrobe assistant
 
Editorial Department
Anne Schnee .... assistant editor
Rivka Yogev .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Uli Goldhahn .... music producer
 
Other crew
Itzchak Bareli .... armorer
Ruth Epstein .... dialogue coach
Renée Gundelach .... production financing consultant
Ariana Gutman .... production assistant
Amos Halfon .... production assistant
Dieter Meichsner .... story editor
Kerstin Schwarzburg .... script supervisor
Dudi Shik .... computer supervisor
Nasser Tahrawy .... production assistant
Tivi Zichrony .... production coordinator
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Deadline" - Israel (original title)
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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
Israel | USA | West Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:R | Iceland:16 | West Germany:16 (f) | Netherlands:12 (2003) (DVD) | UK:15
Filming Locations:
Jaffa, Israel
Company:
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Did You Know?

Trivia:
This film was part of a cycle of pictures made during the 1980s that featured journalists covering war. The movies include Salvador (1986), Under Fire (1983), Circle of Deceit [Die Fälschung (1981)], Witness in the War Zone (1987), Cry Freedom (1987), The Killing Fields (1984) and The Year of Living Dangerously (1982).See more »

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2 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
A Racist history Ultering movie, 15 May 2009
Author: zakariyyahzakiyyah from France

I was very disappointed while seeing this film, it contains awful historical mistakes, it alters the reality, it is completely different from the facts of war we have lived, its only purpose is to embellish the israeli invasion of LEBANON. The film settings resemble in no way the LEBANESE geography, and the script doesn't fit the LEBANESE local dialects. This films drops off the initial problem which is that the israelis are the ones who took the homes of the Palestinian and sent them to LEBANON and it focuses only on the militia financed by the israeli government. I watched this film, I consider it wasted 2 hours of my time, and I don't recommend it for viewers with scarce knowledge of the middle east problem and I consider it a racist movie classifying the Palestinian as a second class human who have no right to claim back their homes stolen by the israelis.

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