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August Diehl
Karl Markovics
Martin Brambach
Devid Striesow
Veit Stübner
Lenn Kudrjawizki

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In a Nazi concentration camp, several criminals and Jews are mixed together to create numerous foreign currencies in order to fund Germany's war effort. Eventually the moral dilemma of helping the Nazis versus saving themselves begins to take its toll on the prisoners.

10/17/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Holds Your Interest

I thought I’ve already seen all the kinds of stories about the concentration camps in World War II so this movie really surprised me. This is the first time I’ve seen a movie that took the angle of the counterfeiters’ experience in the camps (I wasn’t even aware that the Nazis had the operation until I heard about this film). Not only is it interesting, the style of it made me feel like I was right there with the characters. Although slow in some parts, those are more than forgiven because the film is undeniably well-written and well-directed. I got this feeling that desperation is always in the air even though the characters are being treated “well” (as opposed to the ones not in the counterfeiting operation). All of the actors did a convincing job playing their roles, notably Karl Marko...

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3/4 

10/10/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Good film, if you don't mind reading

One of 2007's Oscar nominated foreign films tells the story of a man who's a brilliant counterfeiter captured by the Nazi's and thrown into a concentration camp. There he is paired with numerous other experts, some criminal and some legit, who are forced to work together to first successfully create the pound and then eventually the dollar. Several perspectives are examined as some do as they're told to stay alive, others sabotage the effort in an attempt to thrwart the Nazi's. A good foreign film, but as Holocaust films go, it's pretty heavy at times.

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3/4