Im Teufelskreis von Haß und Lüge

This is the first of the four films of "Circles of Deceit", and this circle of deceit is probably the most shocking and upsetting one. It is entire Irish and deals with the IRA, who are expecting a shipment of ammunitions from Libya, and the veteran Waterman is asked to infiltrate and report their business, which he does, while the daughter of the old leader of the terrorists (Peter Vaughan, always scary,) has a young son whom she wants to keep out of the IRA business at any cost. Waterman has seen her somewhere before, he recognises her, but she does not recognise him and learns to trust him after he (spontaneously, by accident) saved her son from a fire brought on by some IRA skirmish. They develop a relationship which is ruined by his engagement and its consequences, while Peter Vaughan as the very concerned father by accident happens to wreak the tragedy. It is a great introduction to the series, of which all four films are extremely intriguing and captivating, but this one is perhaps the most exciting of them for its constantly increasing tensions.