The Counterfeiters (2007)
- Starring:
- Karl Markovics, August Diehl, (more)
- Director(s):
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Writer/director Stefan Ruzowitzky explores the moral corrosion of Nazi complicity with this tightly wound adaptation of Adolf Burger's fact-based book The Devil's Workshop. Salomon Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics) may be a talented artist at heart, but his desire for wealth has driven him to use his creativity for more nefarious means. Arrested by the police inspector Herzog (Devid Striesow) at the onset of World War II, Sorowitsch is sent to the notorious Mauthausen concentration camp. It's not long before Salomon's thinly veiled opportunism earns him a relatively comfortable position as the camp's resident sketch artist, and five years later he is mysteriously swept away to Sachsenhausen. Upon arriving at the camp, Sorowitsch discovers that Herzog, now a commandant, is attempting to destabilize the economies of the Allies while simultaneously funding the Nazi war machine by assembling a special team of counterfeit artists to create millions in fraudulent pounds and dollars. As the operation gets under way, Sorowitsch finds the efforts of the team continually undermined by unyieldingly idealistic collotype specialist Adolf Burger (August Diehl). In the months that follow, the team wrestles with their consciences as Axis forces are gradually overwhelmed by Allied might. The Counterfeiters won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 99 mins
Complete Cast:
- Karl Markovics - Salomon Sorowitsch
- Devid Striesow - Friedrich Herzog
- Dolores Chaplin - Red-Haired Woman
- Marie Baumer - Aglaia
- Sebastian Urzendowsky - Kolya
- August Diehl - Adolf Burger
- Martin Brambach - Holst
- August Zirner - Dr. Klinger
- Veit Stuebner - Atze
- Andreas Schmidt - Zilinsky
- Director(s):
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Writer(s):
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Producer(s):
- Babette Schroeder, Josef Aichholzer, Nina Bohlmann
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
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- 2007 - The Counterfeiters - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Best Foreign Language Film
