Original Namne: Die F lscher
Date: 9 February 2008
Releasedate: 21 March 2008
AUDIO: German
SUBTITLE: ENGLISH
Genre: Crime / Drama / War
Tagline: It takes a clever man to make money, it takes a genius to stay alive
iMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813547/
User Rating: 7.7/10 (2,614 votes)
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Academy Awards 2008
CAST:
Karl Markovics ... Salomon Sorowitsch August Diehl... Adolf Burger Devid Striesow... Sturmbannf hrer Friedrich Herzog Martin Brambach... Hauptscharf hrer Holst August Zirner... Dr. Klinger Veit St bner... Atze Sebastian Urzendowsky... Kolya Karloff Andreas Schmidt... Zilinski Tilo Pr ckner... Dr. Viktor Hahn Lenn Kudrjawizki... Loszek Norman Stoffregen... Abramovic Bernd Raucamp... KZ-Insasse Dusche Gode Benedix... 1. KZ-Insasse Oliver Kanter... 2. KZ-Insasse Dirk Prinz... SS-Wache
PLOT:
The Counterfeiters is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch 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. 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, 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