The Counterfeiters Image
Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critics

User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 19 Ratings

Summary: In 1936, the greatest forger in Germany, the Jewish Russian Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch, is arrested by the agent Friedrich Herzog and sent to Mauthausen concentration camp. Years later, he is transferred to Sachsenhausen concentration camp to work with a group of professionals counterfeiting sterling pounds under the command of Herzog in the Operation Bernhard. When the group is ordered to produce American dollars, the idealistic Adolf Burger (August Diehl) sabotages the work of Sally and his team.
Runtime: 98 min
Rating: Rated R for some strong violence, brief sexuality/nudity and language.
Production: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Genres: Drama, Crime, War
Countries: Germany, Austria
Languages: English, German, Russian, Hebrew
Home Release Date: Aug 5, 2008
Director Credit
Stefan Ruzowitzky Director
Writer Credit
Adolf Burger Book "The Devil's Workshop"
Stefan Ruzowitzky Screenplay
Cast Credit
Andreas Schmidt Zilinski
August Diehl Adolf Burger
August Zirner Dr. Klinger
Bernd Raucamp KZ-Insasse Dusche
Devid Striesow
Dirk Prinz SS-Wache
Gode Benedix 1. KZ-Insasse
Karl Markovics Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch
Lenn Kudrjawizki Loszek
Martin Brambach
Norman Stoffregen Abramovic
Oliver Kanter 2. KZ-Insasse
Sebastian Urzendowsky Kolya Karloff
Tilo Prückner Dr. Viktor Hahn
Veit Stübner Atze
Producer Credit
Babette Schröder Producer
Caroline von Senden Co-Producer
Charlie Woebcken Co-Producer
Christoph Fisser Co-Producer
Henning Molfenter Co-Producer
Josef Aichholzer Producer
Nina Bohlmann Producer
Sonja B. Zimmer Line Producer
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