The Counterfeiters (Die Fälscher), best foreign language movie for 2007, tells the true story of "Operation Bernhard" the major counterfeiting operation taking place in the nazi concentration camp of Sachsenhausen.
The objective was to produce fake British pounds and American dollars in order to finance the German war effort. For that, the Germans hand-picked 142 Jewish prisoners with specific skills for the job (bankers, graphic experts and, of course, the major counterfeiter of all time Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch). These prisoners were given special treatment within the concentration camp: they listened to opera while working with the precise machinery; they slept in bunk beds with mattresses. It's a movie of repeated dramatic dilemmas.
Aglaia you could make a lot of money as an artist, you know?
Sally why should I make a lot of money making art, when I can make a lot of money making money? It's much easier!
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