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The Counterfeiters

Original title: Die Fälscher
  • 2007
  • R
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
47K
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The Counterfeiters (2007)
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The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during WWII.The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during WWII.The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during WWII.

  • Director
    • Stefan Ruzowitzky
  • Writers
    • Adolf Burger
    • Stefan Ruzowitzky
  • Stars
    • Karl Markovics
    • August Diehl
    • Devid Striesow
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    47K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Stefan Ruzowitzky
    • Writers
      • Adolf Burger
      • Stefan Ruzowitzky
    • Stars
      • Karl Markovics
      • August Diehl
      • Devid Striesow
    • 126User reviews
    • 171Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 7 wins & 10 nominations total

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    August Diehl and Karl Markovics in The Counterfeiters (2007)
    Karl Markovics in The Counterfeiters (2007)
    Devid Striesow in The Counterfeiters (2007)
    Karl Markovics in The Counterfeiters (2007)
    Karl Markovics in The Counterfeiters (2007)
    Karl Markovics and Devid Striesow in The Counterfeiters (2007)
    August Diehl in The Counterfeiters (2007)
    August Diehl and Karl Markovics in The Counterfeiters (2007)
    Karl Markovics in The Counterfeiters (2007)
    Karl Markovics in The Counterfeiters (2007)
    Karl Markovics in The Counterfeiters (2007)
    Karl Markovics in The Counterfeiters (2007)

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    Karl Markovics
    Karl Markovics
    • Solomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch
    August Diehl
    August Diehl
    • Adolf Burger
    Devid Striesow
    Devid Striesow
    • Sturmbannführer Friedrich Herzog
    Martin Brambach
    Martin Brambach
    • Hauptscharführer Holst
    August Zirner
    August Zirner
    • Dr. Klinger
    Veit Stübner
    • Atze
    Sebastian Urzendowsky
    Sebastian Urzendowsky
    • Kolya Karlov
    Andreas Schmidt
    Andreas Schmidt
    • Zilinski
    Tilo Prückner
    Tilo Prückner
    • Dr. Viktor Hahn
    Lenn Kudrjawizki
    Lenn Kudrjawizki
    • Loszek
    Marian Kalus
    • Plappler
    Norman Stoffregen
    • Abramovic
    Bernd Raucamp
    • KZ-Insasse Dusche
    Gode Benedix
    • 1. KZ-Insasse
    Oliver Kanter
    • 2. KZ-Insasse
    Hans Peter Kortenbruck
    • 3. KZ Insasse
    Dirk Prinz
    • SS-Wache
    Hille Beseler
    Hille Beseler
    • Grete Herzog
    • Director
      • Stefan Ruzowitzky
    • Writers
      • Adolf Burger
      • Stefan Ruzowitzky
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      First Austrian film to win an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film Category.
    • Goofs
      While Sally and Kolya are being transported on a moving train, a German guard is bringing them food. In the camp hierarchy, German guards seldom interacted with prisoners, instead having other prisoners undertake menial tasks of serving food. Prisoners were seldom fed during transport as these cattle-wagons were not inter-connected and most likely locked from outside.
    • Quotes

      Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch: Ich bin ich. Die anderen sind die anderen.

      [I'm myself. Everyone else is everyone else]

    • Connections
      Featured in The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Down By The Riverside
      (uncredited)

    User reviews126

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    8/10
    Austria's Oscar contender
    This is the rare - and by that I REALLY mean rare! - case of an Austrian movie being able to bear comparison with international competition. "Die Fälscher" is a well-made and touching movie about the Holocaust and a special division of Jews in a concentration camp that survived by counterfeiting money (or pretending to do so) for the Nazis. Karl Markovics is the shining light of the cast. Who thought that the guy who came to greater popularity by starring in "Kommissar Rex" would end up getting roles like this one and playing them to perfection? August Diehl is good, too, but he comes across as a bit too dramatic at times. The Nazis - and that's the only weakness of Stefan Ruzowitzky's movie - are the way they always are. Ruthless, cruel, craven and at the same time stupid pigs who do everything to humiliate the Jews at any time. Even though, that is probably the way 99% of them really were, it would have been more interesting to get a differentiated view on some of them.

    While "Die Fälscher" may not reinvent the wheel, it is a pretty great movie. And although it's typical that Hollywood would pick only a Holocaust-story from Austria as an Oscar contender, it is exciting as hell for a movie from this country to get a nomination. I really hope that Stefan Ruzowitzky will get the award, because his movie deserves it and it could help the Austrian film industry to finally get momentum again.
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    • Feb 10, 2008

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 18, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Austria
      • Germany
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (Austria)
    • Languages
      • German
      • Russian
      • English
      • Hebrew
    • Also known as
      • Фальшивомонетники
    • Filming locations
      • Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France(beach scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Magnolia Filmproduktion
      • Aichholzer Filmproduktion
      • Beta Cinema
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €4,200,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,488,570
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $87,514
      • Feb 24, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $18,814,713
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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