Die Fälscher (2007)

Cast: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow

Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky

Genre: drama, crime, war

This Austrian depiction of a true event in the German concentration
camps of WWII, while relating a compelling story, is problematic on a
number of counts, foremost of which is the fact that arch-counterfeiter
Salomon Sorowitsch, is such a difficult man to like. In a brief pre-war
sequence set prior to his arrest by CID detective Herzog – a man who
will play an important part in Sorowitsch's life – the man is portrayed
as something of an oily charmer, an undeniable low-life and bad guy who
forsakes his natural artistic talents for the easier path of
counterfeiting large amounts of money. While the film takes care to
avoid representing 'Sally' as some kind of hero, its matter-of-fact
reportage of the sequence of events that lead him to the post-war
casino in Monte Carlo is subsequently rendered remote, even sterile, on
occasi…

Trailer Die Fälscher