The story Jewish counterfeiter, Salomon Sorowitsch, coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.
It's impossible not to respond to The Counterfeiters and the haunting questions it raises.
– Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar 2008
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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,
20 Mar 2008
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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,
13 Apr 2008
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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,
24 Apr 2008
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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.