The Counterfeiters
Sunday, January 13, 2008 @ 6.00 pm
Stefan Ruzowitzky | Austria | Germany | 2007 | 98’
A devastatingly effective wartime thriller, based on real events. In 1936, the Nazis established the largest counterfeiting operation in history, intending to flood British and American economies with fake currency. Concentration camp inmates were enlisted to assist – among them master forger, gambler and playboy Salomon Sorowitsch (‘Sally’), a charismatic rogue who is at first energised by his new task and by the superior status it gives him. But as the war grinds on, the moral frailty of Sally’s position becomes increasingly apparent and he must choose which side he’s on. Absolutely gripping, and crackling with class and intelligence, this is an instant classic.
Ffilm am gyfnod y Natsïaid yn seiliedig ar hanes go iawn. Mae’r cynllwyn mwyaf i greu arian ffug ar droed a hynny ynghanol cythrwfl a thyndra’r rhyfel, mae cyfraniad y cymeriadau gwahanol yn agoriad llygad.
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