The Counterfeiters (2007)This was the movie that opened our international film festival this year, so competition to get seats was fierce and unfortunately for me and the team, we were not available for any screenings of this movie. Luckily the more popular and quality films return to circuit the cinemas quite quickly afterwards.
The Counterfeiters tells the true story of how Nazis used prisoners to copy English pounds and American dollars during the second world war to both fund their war effort and to try and destabilise the enemies economies. Certainly it was bleak and confronting in its portrayal of the misery that Jewish and political prisoners suffered in concentration camps. I was almost tempted to leave the movie early on, but you feel you must watch and wonder how on earth anyone could survive.
Not entirely a pleasant watch it is still compelling and a great story. It beats watching the two movie options on tv tonight - Taxi and Scary movie 4. 4/5
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