Die Fälscher
The Counterfeiters
Die Fälscher
Germany, Austria, 2006, 99 min
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Cast: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach
THE COUNTERFEITERS
Berlin in 1936. Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. Life's no more than a game to him in his world of crooks, gigolos and loose women. And the cash he needs for his gambling - he simply prints himself. But then, one day, someone blows the whistle on him; he is arrested by superintendent Herzog and sent to Mauthausen concentration camp. When he is moved to Sachsenhausen in 1944, Sorowitsch fears the worst. But life has one last chance in store for him. On his arrival he is greeted by none other than superintendent Herzog who is here on a secret mission: Sorowitsch and a group of hand-picked professionals are to produce fake foreign currency. And lots of it. The aim of the exercise is to cripple the economies of Germany's allied opponents - a bizarre idea mooted shortly before the end of a Nazi regime in the vague hope that this would somehow help them to survive the horror. To this end, Herzog has created a golden cage for the expert team of fakers. Theirs are 'first class' barracks that are clean; the beds are soft, there is plenty to eat, there are proper toilets, even the odd party. But one thing is made certain from the outset: they face death should their work lead to failure. This puts them in an unbearable moral dilemma: cooperating with their executioners will prolong the war and may mean victory for the Germans. Perhaps they can save their own skins, but they will put the lives of so many of their fellow-sufferers in jeopardy. All of sudden, it's no longer a question of survival, but one of conscien
The Counterfeiters
Die Fälscher
Germany, Austria, 2006, 99 min
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Cast: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach
THE COUNTERFEITERS
Berlin in 1936. Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. Life's no more than a game to him in his world of crooks, gigolos and loose women. And the cash he needs for his gambling - he simply prints himself. But then, one day, someone blows the whistle on him; he is arrested by superintendent Herzog and sent to Mauthausen concentration camp. When he is moved to Sachsenhausen in 1944, Sorowitsch fears the worst. But life has one last chance in store for him. On his arrival he is greeted by none other than superintendent Herzog who is here on a secret mission: Sorowitsch and a group of hand-picked professionals are to produce fake foreign currency. And lots of it. The aim of the exercise is to cripple the economies of Germany's allied opponents - a bizarre idea mooted shortly before the end of a Nazi regime in the vague hope that this would somehow help them to survive the horror. To this end, Herzog has created a golden cage for the expert team of fakers. Theirs are 'first class' barracks that are clean; the beds are soft, there is plenty to eat, there are proper toilets, even the odd party. But one thing is made certain from the outset: they face death should their work lead to failure. This puts them in an unbearable moral dilemma: cooperating with their executioners will prolong the war and may mean victory for the Germans. Perhaps they can save their own skins, but they will put the lives of so many of their fellow-sufferers in jeopardy. All of sudden, it's no longer a question of survival, but one of conscien
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trgiki paratirisi: o typos sti photo epaize ton viotho tou astynomikou ston "ypastynomo rex". LOL
Τρίτη ταινία (Διαγωνιστικό Τμήμα) το γερμανικό «Die Fälscher» του Στέφαν Ρουζοβίτσκι. Ο σκηνοθέτης του «Anatomie» μεταφέρει στην οθόνη «ακόμα μια ιστορία από το πως οι Ναζί αντιμετώπισαν τους Εβραίους κατά τη διάρκεια του Β’ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου»... Αλλά όχι, εδώ υπάρχει κάτι διαφορετικό. Μιλάμε για μια πραγματική ιστορία όπου οι Ναζί, κατά τα τελευταία χρόνια του πολέμου, δημιούργησαν μια ομάδα, στόχος της οποίας ήταν να παραχαραχθεί η εγγλέζικη λίρα και το αμερικάνικο δολάριο, να πλυμμηρίσουν την αγορά με τα πλαστά χρήματα και να οδηγήσουν τις οικονομίες των δύο μεγάλων τους αντιπάλων στον γκρεμό! Η... ιδιαιτερότητα της ομάδας: αποτελούνταν από Εβραίους κρατουμένους, οι οποίο στο τσακ γλύτωσαν από τα κρεματόρια! Ο σκηνοθέτης επικεντρώνεται περισσότερο στον πρωταγωνιστή του, την τρομερή φάτσα του Καρλ Μάρκοβιτς, που υποδύεται τον «αρχι-παραχαράκτη», Σάλομον Σόροβιτς. Η φιλοσοφία του: ζείσε όπως μπορείς για ακόμα μια μέρα. Είναι επιζών – κάτι που θέτει την ηθική του υπό αμφισβήτηση. Είναι, όμως, κακός άνθρωπος; Και σε μεγαλύτερο επίπεδο: η δημιουργία των πλαστών χαρτονομισμάτων θα σώσει τη ζωή του Σάλομον και των συγκρατούμενών του. Όμως, μέσω της πράξης τους αυτής, μήπως ουσιαστικά βοηθούν τους Ναζί να κερδίσουν τον πόλεμο; Πέρα από αυτά, ο σκηνοθέτης χρησιμοποιεί χοντρό κόκκο στην εικόνα του, πετυχαίνοντας έτσι απλά να μας μεταφέρει σε μια άλλη, πιο ζοφερή εποχή...
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