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Counterfeiters, The (2008)

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Release Date: February 22, 2008 (Limited)
On DVD: August 5, 2008
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 99 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for some strong violence, brief sexuality/nudity and language.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Writer: Stefan Ruzowitzky, Adolf Burger
Cast: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow

The true story of Salomon Sorowitsch, counterfeiter extraordinaire and bohemian. After getting arrested in a German concentration camp in 1944, he agrees to help the Nazis in an organized counterfeit operation set up to help finance the war effort.

It was the biggest counterfeit money scam of all times. Over 130 million pound sterling were printed, under conditions that couldn't have been more tragic or spectacular. During the last years of the war, as the German Read more

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Grade: B+ When the Nazis started running out of money, they took the easiest option: develop bogus money. Based on a true story, The Counterfeiters explores the unique story of a Jewish man - the best forgery expert in Europe - forced to help the Nazis finance their war effort.

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