After being arrested by Berlin Police in Nazi Germany, Salomon Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics), a man with a talent for forging documents and counterfeiting money, is sent to a hard labor camp. Years later, after being recognized by Sturmbannführer Friedrich Herzog (Devid Striesow), the man who arrested him, Salomon is moved into better living conditions so that he and a group of imprisioned professionals can produce fake foreign currency for Operation Berhard. While Salomon follows orders to help weaken the economies of Germany's enemies, fellow forger Adolf Burger (August Diehl) realizes the true nature of their work and refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit, forcing Salomon to reconsider his actions. Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky. With Martin Brambach, August Zirner and Veit Stübner. Categories: Crime, Drama, War, Foreign Film. Year: 2007.
Stefan Ruzowitzky in The Counterfeiters