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| Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters) | |||
March 11th, 2008 by
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Salomon lives a life of wealth making fake bills and billets. But when the Nazis take over Germany, he gets send to a concentration camp and is left with nothing but a striped suit. He understands that his only skill to survive is making counterfeit bills. And when he gets the chance to produce them for the Nazis, he’s taking this opportunity of coming out alive. But not everyone is planning on helping the Nazis to win this war. And Salomon himself is not very big on helping them either. | ||||||||
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Didn't we see every possible World War II story yet? Well, I don't think so. There are a million war movies out there. But we have to remember it's just a setting. A setting in which unusual things happen. And that's why we watch movies, right? Not to see a bunch of people do ordinary things like making coffee. When we ourselves, could be making some delicious coffee. Yum!
But I'm drifting. Let's get back to this movie that's worth the coffee. If you prefer coffee over popcorn. I don't, but some might say they go well together. I don't either. The trick for me now, is to create a nice bridge between coffee and this movie. And as you might expect, it's quite difficult. I suggest we just hop to the next paragraph and forget about the last two, ok? What drives this movie is the moral of helping the Nazis. Salomon isn't planning to give his live and takes every order the Nazis give him. But Adolf Burger does everything to sabotage the creation of the dollar. He lost his wife and children and is ready to give his own life. Slowly you see Salomon understand they have something powerful and they in fact could influence the war. When watching this movie, you get the feeling this must be some of the best people in German cinema. A well written story, great actors and put on the screen so well, it just has to be the best they have to offer. A fascinating exploration about what one would do if they were put to the test. I'm not sure yet. | ||||||||
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