Louis Hofmann as Cioma Schönhaus in Maggie Peren’s daring and intriguing The Forger (Der Passfälscher)
Maggie Peren’s The Forger (Der Passfälscher), shot by Christian Stangassinger, which was a Berlinale Special World Premiere at the 72nd Berlin Film Festival, and was adapted from Cioma Schönhaus’s truly extraordinary memoir, tells the story of a young Jewish man named Cioma (Louis Hofmann) in 1942/43 Berlin. With a graphic design education, he was drafted to work as a skilled laborer in a munitions factory. Thus deemed essential for the war effort, he was spared from being “sent East” together with his entire family.
Maggie Peren with Anne-Katrin Titze on Cioma Schönhaus and the Sterntaler Märchen in The Forger: “Cioma loved German music and he loved German fairy tales, so it is my tribute to him.”
It is the unusually light, almost cheery tone and the protagonist’s trickster charm that sets this film apart.
Maggie Peren’s The Forger (Der Passfälscher), shot by Christian Stangassinger, which was a Berlinale Special World Premiere at the 72nd Berlin Film Festival, and was adapted from Cioma Schönhaus’s truly extraordinary memoir, tells the story of a young Jewish man named Cioma (Louis Hofmann) in 1942/43 Berlin. With a graphic design education, he was drafted to work as a skilled laborer in a munitions factory. Thus deemed essential for the war effort, he was spared from being “sent East” together with his entire family.
Maggie Peren with Anne-Katrin Titze on Cioma Schönhaus and the Sterntaler Märchen in The Forger: “Cioma loved German music and he loved German fairy tales, so it is my tribute to him.”
It is the unusually light, almost cheery tone and the protagonist’s trickster charm that sets this film apart.
- 2/26/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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