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The Counterfeiters

3 Ratings: 3.7

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Tags: Movies, Drama Movies, Foreign Films, Reel Overseas, Best Foreign Language Films, World War Ii Movies, see all

Cast: Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach, August Diehl, August Zirner, Andreas Schmidt, Karl Markovics, see all

Genre: Drama, War

Release Date: February 22, 2008

MPAA Rating: R

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review by Charley2. August 17, 2011

posted in Love of Foreign Films

A tense, true tale about a group of skilled Jewish counterfeiters and corrupt German self-interest

The Counterfeiters tells the story of Salomon Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics), a professional criminal, a master counterfeiter and a Jew. He winds up in a brutal Nazi labor camp because of all three. Sally also is a survivor. He's not idealistic about Judaism, he knows how prisons work and how to survive. His goal is simple: Do whatever it takes to stay alive and try to use every bit of guile and opportunism he has to get more food and to escape the work designed to kill … more

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Quick Tip by cyclone_march. November 04, 2010

posted in Reel Overseas

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I tried a dozen times to review the film but could not find the right words. It has most of the tension of a prison movie but not as much tension as a standard holocaust story. But what is most difficult for me to explain is the character development--it's good but its as if there are 12 different short movies that interact instead of characters. It is worth a watch though.

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