Die Fälscher

2007
NC-16
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

48K

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True Crime Crime Drama History War

The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.

Director
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
Writers
- Adolf Burger
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

48K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
Writers
- Adolf Burger
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Oscar
- 7 wins & 10 nominations total

Trivia
First Austrian film to win an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film Category.

Goofs
While Sally and Kolya are being transported on a moving train, a German guard is bringing them food. In the camp hierarchy, German guards seldom interacted with prisoners, instead having other prisoners undertake menial tasks of serving food. Prisoners were seldom fed during transport as these cattle-wagons were not inter-connected and most likely locked from outside.

Quotes
Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch:Ich bin ich. Die anderen sind die anderen.
[I'm myself. Everyone else is everyone else]

Connections
Featured inThe 80th Annual Academy Awards(2008)

Soundtracks
Down By The Riverside
(uncredited)

User reviews127

Review

Featured review

9/10

You can almost smell the ink

The power in this film is that the action and dialogue is understated. We're not subjected to the full visual horrors of life in the concentration camps yet we feel what it was like nevertheless. The main characters' problem in reconciling the differences between being incarcerated in a 'normal' gaol along with 'normal' criminals and their 'code of conduct' - and the imprisonment and abuse of 'normal' citizens is an ever present theme that is conveyed with complete mastery by the script writer, actors and director. An incredible film of enduring merit. The gaunt features of the actors seemed tailor made for this instructive entertainment.