Runtime:
98 mins
Director:
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Starring:
Karl Markovics, August Diehl
Genre:
Drama, Foreign
Synopsis:
The true story of Salomon Sorowitsch, counterfeiter extraordinaire and bohemian. After getting arrested in a German concentration camp in 1944, he agrees to help the Nazis in an organized counterfeit operation set up to help finance the war effort. It was the biggest counterfeit money scam of all times. Over 130 million pound sterling were printed, under conditions that couldn’t have been more tragic or spectacular.
Based on a true story.