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The Counterfeiters

Original title: Die Fälscher
  • 2007
  • 14A
  • 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
    • 127User 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)
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    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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    • 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 reviews127

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    9/10
    You can almost smell the ink
    The power in this film is that the action and dialogue is understated. We're not subjected to the full visual horrors of life in the concentration camps yet we feel what it was like nevertheless. The main characters' problem in reconciling the differences between being incarcerated in a 'normal' gaol along with 'normal' criminals and their 'code of conduct' - and the imprisonment and abuse of 'normal' citizens is an ever present theme that is conveyed with complete mastery by the script writer, actors and director. An incredible film of enduring merit. The gaunt features of the actors seemed tailor made for this instructive entertainment.
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    • Oct 22, 2007

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    • Release date
      • March 22, 2007 (Germany)
    • 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
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    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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