---
title: 'The Counterfeiters (2007)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Stefan Ruzowitzky'
released: '2007-02-10'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-counterfeiters-2007'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813547/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Counterfeiters (2007)

2007 · 95 min · Drama, Crime, History · Germany, Austria

Original title: Die Fälscher

## Synopsis

The Counterfeiters is a 2007 Austrian-German drama film written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky. It fictionalizes Operation Bernhard, a secret plan by Nazi Germany during World War II to destabilize the United Kingdom by flooding its economy with forged Bank of England pound notes. The film centres on a Jewish counterfeiter, Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch, who is coerced into assisting the operation at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Stefan Ruzowitzky](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-ruzowitzky)
- **Screenplay:** [Stefan Ruzowitzky](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-ruzowitzky)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marius Ruhland](https://cinepixo.com/people/marius-ruhland)
- **Producer:** [Josef Aichholzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-aichholzer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Benedict Neuenfels](https://cinepixo.com/people/benedict-neuenfels)
- **Editor:** [Britta Nahler](https://cinepixo.com/people/britta-nahler)

## Cast

- [Gode Benedix](https://cinepixo.com/people/gode-benedix)
- [Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/arndt-schwering-sohnrey)
- [Holger Schober](https://cinepixo.com/people/holger-schober)
- [Veit Stübner](https://cinepixo.com/people/veit-stubner)
- [Werner Daehn](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-daehn)
- [Devid Striesow](https://cinepixo.com/people/devid-striesow)
- [Andreas Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreas-schmidt)
- [Marie Bäumer](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-baumer)
- [Lenn Kudrjawizki](https://cinepixo.com/people/lenn-kudrjawizki)
- [Karl Markovics](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-markovics)
- [Louie Austen](https://cinepixo.com/people/louie-austen)
- [August Zirner](https://cinepixo.com/people/august-zirner)
- [August Diehl](https://cinepixo.com/people/august-diehl) as Adolf Burger
- [Jan Pohl](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-pohl)
- [Leander Modersohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/leander-modersohn)

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Official site: http://www.sonyclassics.com/thecounterfeiters/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-counterfeiters-2007
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