The Counterfeiters (2007/R) June 9, 2008

Monday June 9, 2008; 7:00 pm
Monday June 9, 2008; 9:30 pm
Tuesday June 10, 2008; 7:00 pm
Tuesday June 10, 2008; 9:30 pm
Wednesday June 11, 2008; 4:00 pm
Wednesday June 11, 2008; 7:00 pm
Wednesday June 11, 2008; 9:30 pm
Thursday June 12, 2008; 7:00 pm
Thursday June 12, 2008; 9:30 pm

$7 / $5 for Students and Seniors

“The Counterfeiters” is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era. Suddenly his luck runs dry when arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills there and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Sally is forced to help the Nazis in an organized counterfeit operation set up to flood and destroy the Allied economies.

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. During the last years of the war, as the German Reich saw that the end was near, the authorities decided to produce their own banknotes in the currencies of their major war enemies. They hoped to use the duds to flood the enemy economy and fill the empty war coffers. At the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, two barracks were separated from the rest of the camp and the outside world, and transformed into a fully equipped counterfeiters workshop. "Operation Bernhard" was born. Prisoners were brought to Sachsenhausen from other camps to implement the plan: professional printers, fastidious bank officials and simple craftsmen all became members of the top-secret counterfeiter commando. They had the choice: if they cooperated with the enemy, they had a chance to survive, as first-class prisoners in a "golden cage" with enough to eat and a bed to sleep in. If they sabotaged the operation, a sure death awaited them. For “The Counterfeiters”, it was not only a question of saving their own lives, but also about saving their conscience as well...

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