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The Counterfeiters (Fälscher, Die) (2007)
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The Counterfeiters is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics) is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era. Suddenly his luck runs dry when arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog (Devid Striesow). Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills there and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Berhard. The team, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger (August Diehl), is given luxury barracks for their assistance. But while Salomon attempts to weaken the economy of Germany's allied opponents, Adolf refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to do something to stop Operation Bernhard's aid to the war effort. Faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions, which could prolong the war and risk the lives of fellow prisoners, are ultimately the right ones.
| Release Date: | December 31st, 2007 |
| MPAA Rating: | R |
| Running Time: | 98 minutes |
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| The Counterfeiters (Fälscher, Die) Movie Review by Movie Addict (2/6/2009) |
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This excellent film won last years Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, and it is definitely a winner.
It is a fictionalized account of Operation Bernhard - a plan directed by, and named after, SS Sturmbannführer (Major) Bernhard Krüger, who set up a team of 142 counterfeiters from inmates at Sachsenhausen concentration...
(complete The Counterfeiters (Fälscher, Die) review by Movie Addict)
| The Counterfeiters (Fälscher, Die) Movie Review by Jarrod (2/27/2008) |
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I happened to see 'The Counterfeiters' two days before it won Best Foreign Film; maybe it deserved it, but then it was the only one of the nominees that was actually playing within a reasonable distance to my new home. It is a powerful and absorbing historical drama, a Holocaust tale of sorts, but it competed with Katyn,...
(complete The Counterfeiters (Fälscher, Die) review by Jarrod)
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