The Counterfeiters
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Karl Markovics
August Diehl
Devid Striesow
Martin Brambach
August Zirner
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era. Suddenly his luck runs dry when arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills there and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Berhard. The team, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger, is given luxury barracks for their assistance. But while Salomon attempts to weaken the economy of Germany's allied opponents, Adolf refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to do something to stop Operation Bernhard's aid to the war effort. Faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions, which could prolong the war and risk the lives of fellow prisoners, are ultimately the right ones.
Director
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Cast
Karl Markovics
August Diehl
Devid Striesow
Martin Brambach
August Zirner
Sebastian Urzendowsky
Andreas Schmidt
Lenn Kudrjawizki
Dolores Chaplin
Marie Baumer
Veit Stuebner
Tilo Prückner
Marian Kalus
Norman Stoffregen
Bernd Raucamp
Detlef Gode Benedix
Oliver Kanter
Hans Peter Kortenbruck
Dirk Prinz
Hille Beseler
Erik Jan Rippmann
Tim Breyvogel
Roland Fischer-briand
Louie Austen
Michael Racinais
Michael Blohn
Arndt Schwering-sohnrey
Jan Pohl
Lilly Kugler
Matthias Luhne
Heinz Schubert
Rosi Straka
Holger Schober
Steven Thiede
Peter Straufl
Bernhard Linke
Werner Daehn
Leander Modersohn
Crew
Kurt Adler
Josef Aichholzer
Anton Maria Aigner
Alexander Boboschewski
Nina Bohlmann
Felix Broscheit
Adolf Burger
Sonali Chatterjee
Eva Cifrain
Jan Enderlein
Ladislas Farkas
Nicole Fischnaller
Tobias Fleig
Pia Gota
Rainer Heesch
Torsten Heinemann
Aurora Hummer
Tatjana Jakob
Karl Kastner
Marc De Keller
Winfried Kraus
Christian Kriger
Gerhard Krummeich
Helene Lang
Daniela Langauer
Alain Lutzy
Heta Mantscheff
David Marschalsky
Monika Maruschko
Andreas Meixner
Franz Merlicek
Margaret Metz
Timon Modersohn
Henning Molfenter
Dietmar Morawe
Chris Muller
Britta Nahler
Benedict Neuenfels
Benedict Neuenfels
Margrit Neufink
Michaela Oppl
Markus Pohlus
Waldemar Pokromski
Margot Raatzke
Erwin Reichi
Stefan Rosenberg
Marius Ruhland
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Babette Schroder
Johannes Slapa
Christian Springer
Iris Steiner
Rainer Stonus
Elisabeth Vollnhoger
Caroline Von Senden
Susanne Weichesmiller
Rainer Werner
Allan Wilson
Isidor Wimmer
Carl Woebcken
Susanne Wrobel
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Foreign Language Film
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States August 2007
Released in United States February 2007
Released in United States November 2007
Released in United States on Video August 5, 2008
Released in United States September 2007
Released in United States Winter February 22, 2008
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 8-18, 2007.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Gala) August 15-26, 2007.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (World Cinema) January 24-February 3, 2008.
Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 31-September 3, 2007.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 6-15, 2007.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 27-October 12, 2007.
Based on the book "Des Teufels Werkstatt" written by Adolf Burger; published by Verlag Neues Leben November 1, 2001.
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 31-September 3, 2007.)
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 27-October 12, 2007.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (World Cinema) January 24-February 3, 2008.)
Released in United States February 2007 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 8-18, 2007.)
Released in United States Winter February 22, 2008
Released in United States August 2007 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Gala) August 15-26, 2007.)
Released in United States on Video August 5, 2008
Released in United States September 2007 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 6-15, 2007.)
Released in United States November 2007 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (World Cinema) November 1-11, 2007.)
