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The Counterfeiters
Drama based on a true story. A talented counterfeiter is arrested by the Nazis and imprisoned in a concentration camp where he is placed in a group of forgers making foreign money.
Oscar-winning film based on the true story of Salomon Sorowitsch, an artist and expert forger who was arrested by the Nazis and sent to a concentration camp. Along with other forgers, printers and banking experts, he was forced to help the Nazis in an organised counterfeit operation set up to help finance their war effort. It remains the largest counterfeiting operation of all time.
Last on
Sat 1 Dec 2012
01:00
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | Stefan Ruzowitzky |
| Salomon Sorowitsch | Karl Markovics |
| Adolf Burger | August Diehl |
| Friedrich Herzog | Devid Striesow |
| Holst | Martin Brambach |
| Dr Klinger | August Zirner |
| Atze | Veit Stubner |
| Kolya Karloff | Sebastian Urzendowsky |
| Zilinski | Andreas Schmidt |
| Hahn | Tilo Pruckner |
| Red Haired Woman | Dolores Chaplin |
| Aglaia | Marie Baumer |
| Writer | Stefan Ruzowitzky |
| Author | Adolf Burger |
| Distributor | Monolith |
