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The Counterfeiters
The story of Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, who was coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.
2007 · Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky · 98 min · Drama · War · 12 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Cinematography: Benedict Neuenfels
- Edited by: Britta Nahler
- Music: Marius Ruhland
- Production design: Isidor Wimmer
- Produced by: Josef Aichholzer, Nina Bohlmann, Babette Schröder
Cast
- 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
Production
- Country: Germany, Austria
- Language: Russian, Hebrew, German, English
- Studios: FilmFörderung Hamburg, Studio Babelsberg, Babelsberg Film, Magnolia Filmproduktion
- Budget: $6,250,000
- Box office: $20,200,000
- Themes: nazi, concentration camp, holocaust (shoah), world war ii, sachsenhausen, counterfeit, based on memoir or autobiography, german jew, forgery, 1940s
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