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Winner of the Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film, The Counterfeiters tells the true story of Salomon Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics), a swindler who made a name for himself as Berlin's "King of the Counterfeiters." However, his life of women and easy money is cut short when he's arrested and placed in a Nazi concentration camp. With the German army on the verge of bankruptcy, Sorowitsch makes a sobering deal with his captors: in exchange for a comfortable bed, good food and fair treatment, Sorowitsch, along with the other hand-picked specialists, must counterfeit bank notes to fund the Nazi War effort. If he does as they say, he lives another day. If he rebels, he faces the same fate as the rest of the camp's prisoners. But if he lives, will he be able to live with himself?

Studio: Sony Pictures

Format

AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Number of Discs: 1

Running Time: 99 minutes

Languages

German (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)

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« Better than expected » Found this movie for $5 at the video store--a 'gem' at that price. The story of the Nazis forcing concentration camp inmates to forge foreign currency to bankrupt England was compelling. The 'dilemma' the characters face of doing good work and enjoying more comfortable survival, or sabbotaging their captors efforts, drives the film. The special features include a Q&A with the Director where a lot of great information is told about what happened to the characters after the War. .:. Rating: 4 / 5

« Too grainy & shaking » The story is interesting and the presentation is fine, but for two things that it is worth only 3 stars to me: 1. too much grainy effect on the video quality that it seems only marginal improvement over DVD ver, which I happened to have bought earlier, and the comparison of two tells no big difference. It is said to be the director's intent to make it look like old style movie, but too much would ruin what made us buy the BR version instead of the DVD. The DVD version in 480p is truely what the director desired for heavy grainy look! 2. too much hand shaking effect to the camera in many occasions. The director seems to produce the effect that there was a camerman running with the actors and shotting at the spot. But again, too much of anything would kill the good intent. It just gets me headache to watch. Anyway, still a good film produced by foreign producer other than Hollywood esp based on WWII true stories. .:. Rating: 3 / 5

« Excellent movie about an interesting true story. » This is a pretty interesting movie. It is based on a true story. At times, especially at the beginning, it seems to jump quickly over events. It takes a little to get into the flow of the movie and feel comfortable with who the characters are. The end of the movie is a bit abrupt also. You aren't quite sure what happened to some of the main characters between the last days of the war and the ending where the main character is in a Casino in Monaco. In spite of these drawbacks, this is an interesting movie that makes you want to go out and learn more about the events it was based on. .:. Rating: 4 / 5