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  • 2023
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2023
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 56 m

Summary Berlin, 1942. Cioma Schönhaus (Louis Hofmann) is a young Jewish man who won't let anyone take away his zest for life, especially not the Nazis. Since the best hiding spots are in plain sight, Cioma audaciously adopts the identity of a marine officer to escape being deported like his family before him. Drawing on his art school background...

Written By: Maggie Peren, Cioma Schönhaus

  • 2023
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2023
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 56 m

The Forger

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Berlin, 1942. Cioma Schönhaus (Louis Hofmann) is a young Jewish man who won't let anyone take away his zest for life, especially not the Nazis. Since the best hiding spots are in plain sight, Cioma audaciously adopts the identity of a marine officer to escape being deported like his family before him. Drawing on his art school background...

Written By: Maggie Peren, Cioma Schönhaus

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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75
Mar 3, 2023
The Forger is constantly wrestling with its comedic impulses and the gravity of its time.
By Monica Castillo FULL REVIEW
70
May 5, 2023
What makes this schemer so exciting to watch is that he’s like a lot of guys in their early 20s, regardless of the time and place. He’s an incorrigible hustler, just making moves to get him through the day.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 3, 2023
It’s an engaging drama, if not an especially resonant one
By Lee Marshall FULL REVIEW
67
Mar 3, 2023
On-the-nose dialogue and a less-than-effective opening in media res hamper the film a bit. Peren’s script gets in the way of her direction from time to time. The Forger‘s biggest success is its rendering of domestic life amongst wartime.
By Dan Mecca FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 3, 2023
Peren is clever to favor mischief against a backdrop of gloom, but in doing so she draws a frustrating distance between her subject and the audience.
By Natalia Winkelman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Dreifilm, Amour Fou Luxembourg, Network Movie Film-und Fernsehproduktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), ARTE
Release Date Mar 3, 2023
Duration 1 h 56 m
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Awards

Vukovar Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
German Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Nomination

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