This has the advantage of being a true story which falls into the sub-heading of Incredible Stories Of World War Two. In this case an ambitious and quasi 'good' German officer prevails upon a master forger he had arrested in the late thirties to oversee a master-plan to flood the market with initially English sterling and ultimately US dollars which will almost certainly win the war for Germany. Despite its low-key approach that verges on the laconic and punctuated by a minimum of violence, torture, etc, the film holds the attention as a riveting account of life in a concentration camp viewed from a different perspective than usual inasmuch as Solly and his team of professional printers, artists, etc, enjoy a privileged lifestyle in what amounts to a sub-section of the camp, so much so that at the end of the war the inmates who assume control fail to recognize them as fellow prisoners and almost kill them. This is yet another terrific film from the new school of German filmmakers and one fit to take its place beside The Lives Of Others, Downfall, Bella Martha, Goodbye, Lenin and the like. Definitely a must-see.
Review of The Counterfeiters
