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2007 · Germany, Austria

The Counterfeiters

Tonight at a glance

Runtime
98 min
Language
German
Country
Germany, Austria
Violence
Moderate

Why tonight?

  • Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
  • In German — subtitles on.

The story

The story of Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, who was coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.

  • nazi
  • concentration camp
  • holocaust (shoah)
  • world war ii
  • sachsenhausen
  • counterfeit
  • based on memoir or autobiography
  • german jew
  • forgery
  • 1940s

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Production

Rating
7.4 / 10 · 706 ratings
Studio
FilmFörderung Hamburg, Studio Babelsberg, Babelsberg Film, Magnolia Filmproduktion, ZDF, Aichholzer Film