The Counterfeiters (2007)
The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during WWII.
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Stefan RuzowitzkyWriters:
Adolf Burger (book), Stefan Ruzowitzky (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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Austria's The Counterfeiters (2007) was the winner in the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category at the 80th Academy Awards in 2008. The film was much criticized as conventional and artistically inferior to Cristian Mungiu's acclaimed Palme d'Or winner 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), which wasn't even nominated. This spectacular snub resulted in intense scrutiny by the international press and ridicule of the Academy Awards by the film community. Eventually this inspired reforms to the 'Best Foreign Language Film' selection process.
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Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch:
Only by surviving, we can defeat them.
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Only prisoners admitted to the Auschwitz concentration camp complex had tattoos placed on their left forearms, but this story doesn't take place there and no other camps employed tattooing. Increasingly, movies, paintings, and other media have used the tattooed arm as a "symbol" of the camps or even the Holocaust itself - despite the historical error. There were two series: A ( up until 20,000 - July 30, 1944), and the B series - starting shortly thereafter. Those selected for the gas chambers after arriving were not included. These numbers were meant to be used as an identification marker at the time of death of the prisoner.
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Genres
Crime | Drama | WarDetails
Release Date:
18 April 2008Language
German, Russian, English, Hebrew
Country of Origin
Austria, GermanyFilming Locations
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, FranceBox Office
Budget:
€4,200,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$87,514 (USA) (24 February 2008)
Gross:
$5,484,715 (USA) (22 August 2008)
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