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    The Counterfeiters

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    Die Fälscher
    Austria/Germany
    2007     War drama    
    1h 38min
    Original lang: German
    R
    Guide for parents: violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.
    13+
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.
    14A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.
    14A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.
    14A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.
    AA
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.
    14A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.
    14A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language, nudity, sexuality.

    The incredible true story of Salomon Sorowitsch, counterfeiter extraordinaire and bohemian. After getting arrested in a German concentration camp in 1944, Sally is forced to help the Nazis in an organized counterfeit operation set up to flood and destroy the Allied economies. It was the biggest counterfeit money scam of all times. Over 130 million pound sterling were printed, under conditions that couldn't have been more tragic or spectacular. During the last years of the war, as the German Reich saw that the end was near, the authorities decided to produce their own banknotes in the currencies of their major war enemies. They hoped to use the duds to flood the enemy economy and fill the empty war coffers. At the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, two barracks were separated from the rest of the camp and the outside world, and transformed into a fully equipped counterfeiters workshop. "Operation Bernhard" was born. Prisoners were brought to Sachsenhausen from other camps to implement the plan: professional printers, fastidious bank officials and simple craftsmen all became members of the top-secret counterfeiter commando. They had the choice: if they cooperated with the enemy, they had a chance to survive, as first-class prisoners in a "golden cage" with enough to eat and a bed to sleep in. If they sabotaged the operation, a sure death awaited them. For THE COUNTERFEITERS, it was not only a question of saving their own lives, but also about saving their conscience as well...

    Directed byStefan Ruzowitzky
    Written byAdolf Burger, Stefan Ruzowitzky
    CompanySony PicturesSony PicturesMétropole Films

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    Karl Markovics
    August Diehl
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