Format:
DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:
The counterfeiters [videorecording] = Die Fälscher / a Sony Pictures Classics release, a production of Aichholzer Filmproduktion and Magnolia Filmproduktion in association with Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures/Babelsberg Film and ZDF ; producers, Josef Aichholzer, Nina Bohlmann, Babette Schröder ; written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky.
Call Number:
DVD GERMAN C
Publisher, Date:
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008]
Description:
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
Germany, 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a life of cards, booze, and women. Suddenly his luck runs dry when he is arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. He is immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp. There, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Berhard. The team, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger, is given luxury barracks for their assistance. Salomon attempts to weaken the economy of Germany's opponents. But, Adolf refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to do something to stop the operation. Now faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions are ultimately the right ones.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R; for some strong violence, brief sexuality/nudity and language.
Subjects:
Mauthausen (Concentration camp) -- Drama.
Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) -- Drama.
Mauthausen (Concentration camp) -- Drama.
Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Counterfeit money -- Germany -- Drama.
Counterfeiters -- Germany -- Drama.
Jewish men -- Germany -- Drama.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany -- Drama.
Forced labor -- Germany -- History -- 20th century -- Drama.
Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 -- Prisoneros y prisiones -- Alemania -- Teatro.
Holocausto judío (1939-1945) -- Alemania -- Teatro.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Counterfeit money -- Germany -- Drama.
Counterfeiters -- Germany -- Drama.
Jewish men -- Germany -- Drama.
Holocaust, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Drama.
Forced labor -- Germany -- History -- 20th century -- Drama.
Closed caption DVDs.
Drama DVDs.
German language DVDs.
World DVDs.
Genre:
Feature films.
Foreign films -- Austria.
War films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War -- Feature.
Feature films.
War films.
Other Author:
Aichholzer, Josef.
Bohlmann, Nina.
Schröder, Babette.
Ruzowitzky, Stefan.
Markovics, Karl.
Diehl, August, 1976-
Striesow, Devid, 1973-
Baumer, Marie, 1969-
Brambach, Martin.
Chaplin, Dolores.
Burger, Adolf, 1917-2016. Teufels Werkstatt. English.
Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
Aichholzer Filmproduktion.
Magnolia Filmproduktion (Firm)
Studio Babelsberg.
Babelsberg International Filmproduktion.
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Title:
Fälscher
ISBN:
1424898927
9781424898923