The Counterfeiters (2007)
February 2008
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Steven Rea
As writer-director Stefan Ruzowitzky shows, powerfully, affectingly, in The Counterfeiters, the privileges experienced by this small team of Jews and criminals came at a price.
Roger Moore
This dark, absorbing thriller is not just a moral exercise in the awful choices faced by those determined to survive history's worst genocide. It invites us to imagine ourselves in the shoes of a...
Jonathan F. Richards
The Counterfeiters, written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, is a morally challenging twist on the long and honorable tradition of forgery movies.
Adam Bernstein
Based on a real-life Nazi operation, the film is a tense drama with performances that elevate the movie to the front rank of films set in concentration camps.
Connie Ogle
It's impossible not to respond to The Counterfeiters and the haunting questions it raises.
Kirk Honeycutt
Deft and fascinating handling of a moral quandary in a Nazi concentration camp.
Critic reviews
Steven Rea
As writer-director Stefan Ruzowitzky shows, powerfully, affectingly, in The Counterfeiters, the privileges experienced by this small team of Jews and criminals came at a price.
Roger Moore
This dark, absorbing thriller is not just a moral exercise in the awful choices faced by those determined to survive history's worst genocide. It invites us to imagine ourselves in the shoes of a...
Jonathan F. Richards
The Counterfeiters, written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, is a morally challenging twist on the long and honorable tradition of forgery movies.
Adam Bernstein
Based on a real-life Nazi operation, the film is a tense drama with performances that elevate the movie to the front rank of films set in concentration camps.
Connie Ogle
It's impossible not to respond to The Counterfeiters and the haunting questions it raises.
Kirk Honeycutt
Deft and fascinating handling of a moral quandary in a Nazi concentration camp.
Cast and credits
Actors | August Diehl, Karl Markovics, Devid Streisow |
Producers | Nina Bohlmann, Josef Aichholzer, Babette Schröder |
Director | Stefan Ruzowitzky |
Writers | Stefan Ruzowitzky |
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Run time
98 minutes
Rating
R
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