Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow
Towards the end of World War II, the National Socialists forged millions of British pounds in order to weaken the enemy's economy. A counterfeiting plant was set up with prisoners in the concentration...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 5, 2008
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October 2, 2009An excellent German thriller based on a true story. The cast is fantastic, particularly Markovics, as is the direction. Brilliant considering is was made on a shoe-string. Highly recommended!
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March 9, 2009I would hardly be the first to compare Nazi concentration camps to Hell, but this film brought to mind an interesting way to do so: the notion of contrapasso, from Dante's Divine Comedy (the first volume, Inferno, if that wasn't obvious).
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February 13, 2009intense and well acted ww2 drama about the largest counterfeiting operation of all time, undertaken by the nazis using prisoners in a concentration camp who soon face a moral dilemma...blah blah blah. based on a true story and of interest to history buffs as the plot could have ...( read more)
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February 10, 20098/10
I would've preferred for the suspense to have been a bit more refined but frankly using the past to represent the present is done so well here that I can't really complain. This film says almost as much about the evils of ruthless American style capitalism as it does about ...( read more) -
December 13, 2008Powerful drama about a man who must weigh his desire for self preservation and his guilt at aiding Nazi forces. Dramas involving the Holocaust are always difficult to endure and this is no exception, but the moral dilemmas it raises are thought provoking and the performances ar...( read more)
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October 10, 2009A film that holds your attention from the beginning to end. This film is about a true story how the Nazis did to get the money to finance the war. During World War II a group of Jews decide obey all the orders of the Nazis to survive. What is right to do to survive? Are there li...( read more)
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October 5, 2009a review by Alberto Ehrler.
One of the most overused topics in modern-day cinema is World War II, and we never tire of watching films regarding the Holocaust because it helps us understand more our violent past, what we can learn from this experiences and especially because WW...( read more) -
September 17, 2009Save your people or save yourself? Those were the options for a group of Jewish men in a concentration camp during the Holocaust when they're given the task to forge the pound and the dollar to fund the Nazi war. This was an amazing true story that really makes you think of how w...( read more)
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August 30, 2009showed what went on behind the fences of these concentration camps do what they say and you had it made. So not only was the money counterfiet but so was thier souls
Critic Reviews
October 18, 2008
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
March 14, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Is this the last word on the Holocaust? No. But nothing is. And nothing ever should be. full review
March 7, 2008
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
slick, exciting, emotionally trenchant - well done all around. full review
March 6, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
There are no simplistic morality lessons or tidy resolutions in The Counterfeiters, but it asks provocative questions. full review
February 29, 2008
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
A conventional mixture of thriller and moral drama, the film is unsettling in both intentional and unintentional ways. full review
February 22, 2008
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Full of chilling, ironic details. full review
February 22, 2008
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Like most films about the Holocaust, The Counterfeiters, a brisk, tough movie from the Austrian director Stefan Ruzowitzky, is a survivor's tale.
February 22, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Full of the weird details that, though unsurprising on one level, are so jarringly wrong that they seem fresh. full review
October 12, 2007
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
Ruzowitsky's film, austerely shot and scripted with terse wit, grants itself a licence to make art in exchange for entertaining us with a gripping story. full review
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