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The Counterfeiters
MEANRANK
78/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is AlloCiné on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 93.
See the most agreed on films →During World War II, a skilled counterfeiter is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. He is recruited into a special Nazi task force composed of Jewish prisoners. Their mission is to forge foreign currency to cripple the Allies' economies. The prisoners are forced to use their talents to aid the regime that imprisons them, creating a profound moral dilemma.
Details
- Director
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Writer
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Based on
- Q10543798 by Adolf Burger
- Released
- 22 March 2007
- Country
- Germany, Austria
- Language
- German, Russian, English, Hebrew
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Budget
- $6.2M
- Box office
- $20.2M
- Awards
- 1 win, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 2 →1 major award won · 1 win from 2 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 80th Academy Awards 2008 | Best International Feature Film | Winner | |
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 2008 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Austria | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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2 awards — The Counterfeiters
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| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Austria | Nominee |