A German journalist arrives in a war-torn Beirut to chronicle the Lebanese Civil War. Feeling out of place in this new world, he struggles to report on a political situation he doesn’t understand. A tragic event will make him realize how easily moral standards can be corrupted.

German director Volker Schlöndorff followed up his Oscar®- and Palme d’Or-winning classic The Tin Drum with this potent anti-war film. Long overshadowed by its predecessor, it remains a thoughtful and intense drama of global tension that, in the last 30 years, has only gotten more timely.