Fresh
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.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
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The Counterfeiters
Overview
The story of Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, who was coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.
Director and cast
- Stefan Ruzowitzky Director
- Karl Markovics as Sorowitsch
- August Diehl as Burger
- Devid Striesow as Herzog
- Martin Brambach as Holst
- August Zirner as Dr. Klinger
- Veit Stübner as Atze
- Sebastian Urzendowsky as Kolya Karloff
- Andreas Schmidt as Zilinski
- Tilo Prückner as Dr. Viktor Hahn
- Lenn Kudrjawizki as Loszek
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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 not-quite-lovable rogue.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
The Counterfeiters, written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, is a morally challenging twist on the long and honorable tradition of forgery movies.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh
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.
Adam Bernstein, Washington Post
Fresh
It's impossible not to respond to The Counterfeiters and the haunting questions it raises.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
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