Fälscher, Die (2007)

Réalisateur:

Stefan Ruzowitzky

Writers:

Adolf Burger (book)
Stefan Ruzowitzky (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 mars 2007 (Germany)

Genre:

Drame | War

Accroche:

It takes a clever man to make money, it takes a genius to stay alive

Plot:

The Counterfeiters is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936...

Plot Keywords:

Male Frontal Nudity | Nazi Germany | Vulgarity | Forgery | Drawing

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 8 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Austria's Oscar contender

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Ensemble

Karl Markovics	...	Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch
August Diehl	...	Adolf Burger
Devid Striesow	...	Sturmbannführer Friedrich Herzog
Martin Brambach	...	Hauptscharführer Holst
August Zirner	...	Dr. Klinger
Veit Stübner	...	Atze
Sebastian Urzendowsky	...	Kolya Karloff
Andreas Schmidt	...	Zilinski
Tilo Prückner	...	Dr. Viktor Hahn
Lenn Kudrjawizki	...	Loszek
Norman Stoffregen	...	Abramovic
Bernd Raucamp	...	KZ-Insasse Dusche
Gode Benedix	...	1. KZ-Insasse
Oliver Kanter	...	2. KZ-Insasse
Dirk Prinz	...	SS-Wache
Hille Beseler	...	Grete Herzog
Erik Jan Rippmann	...	Bank Director
Tim Breyvogel	...	Agent
Dolores Chaplin	...	Girl in Casino
Louie Austen	...	Poker Player
Michael Blohn	...	Croupier - Monte Carlo
Marie Bäumer	...	Aglaia
Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey	...	Hans
Jan Pohl	...	Sascha
Matthias Luhn	...	Ganove (as Matthias Lühne)
Holger Schober	...	Unterscharführer
Peter Strauß	...	SS Officer
Werner Daehn	...	Rosenthal
Leander Modersohn	...	SS-Soldat Zug
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Andreas Haslinger	...	Häftling (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Stefan Ruzowitzky

Scénaristes
Adolf Burger		(book "The Devil's Workshop")
Stefan Ruzowitzky		(screenplay)

Produit par
Josef Aichholzer	....	producer
Nina Bohlmann	....	producer
Henning Molfenter	....	co-producer
Babette Schröder	....	producer
Caroline von Senden	....	co-producer
Charlie Woebcken	....	co-producer
Sonja B. Zimmer	....	line producer

Musique originale
Marius Ruhland

Image
Benedict Neuenfels

Montage
Britta Nahler

Distribution des rôles
Heta Mantscheff
Lisa Olah
Markus Schleinzer

Création des décors
Isidor Wimmer

Décorateur de plateau
Christian Krüger
Gerhard Krummeich
Johannes Slapa

Création des costumes
Nicole Fischnaller

Maquillage
Waldemar Pokromski	....	makeup artist
Daniela Skala	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Monika Maruschko	....	production manager
Christian Springer	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Anton Maria Aigner	....	first assistant director
Timon Modersohn	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Joshua Black	....	painter
Dierk Grahlow	....	construction manager
Isidor Wimmer	....	set designer

Technicien du son
Stephan Fandrych	....	adr supervisor
Tobias Fleig	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rainer Heesch	....	sound designer
Torsten Heinemann	....	sound
Tatjana Jakob	....	supervising sound editor
Olaf Mierau	....	post-production sound supervisor
Pierre Peters-Arnolds	....	dubbing
Matthias Schwab	....	foley

Visual Effects
Joerg Bruemmer	....	digital compositor
Manfred Büttner	....	visual effects
Markus Degen	....	visual effects supervisor
Florian Gellinger	....	digital compositor
Claudia Lechen	....	digital compositor
Sven Pannicke	....	visual effects producer
Christian Pundschus	....	visual effects supervisor
Jonathan Weber	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Alexander Boboschewski	....	steadicam operator
Petro Domenigg	....	still photographer
Jürgen Olczyk	....	still photographer
Marcus Pohlus	....	steadicam operator

Casting Department
Marcel Dykiert	....	extras casting assistant
Iris Müller	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Barbara Koeppl	....	wardrobe: extras

Editorial Department
Willi Willinger	....	colorist

Divers
Pierre Barnaud	....	location manager: France
Jorge Bosicovich	....	choreographer
Eva Cifrain	....	production coordinator
Umut Dag	....	production assistant
Katja Hoerstmann	....	co-production coordinator
Mirjam Weber	....	assistant to co-producer

Production Companies

• Magnolia Filmproduktion
• Babelsberg Film
• Beta Cinema
• Filmförderung Hamburg (funding)
• Josef Aichholzer Filmproduktion
• Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures GmbH
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

Distributors

• ABC Distribution (2007) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Cinemien (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Continental Film (2007) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• Filmladen (2007) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Hollywood Classic Entertainment (2007) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Homescreen (2008) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Homescreen (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (all media)
• Metrodome Distribution (2007) (UK) (all media)
• Nordisk Film (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2008) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Paradise Group (2007) (Russia) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2008) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Filmfonds Wien  funding
• Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)  funding
• Hessen Invest  funding
• Land Niederösterreich  funding
• Land Oberösterreich  funding
• MEDIA Programme of the European Union  funding
• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg  funding
• ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen  funding
• Östereichisches Filminstitut  funding (as Österreichisches Filminstitut)

Autre(s) titre(s) :

The Counterfeiters (Canada: English title) (USA) (new title)
Fälscher, Der (Austria) (working title)
The Counterfeiter (International: English title)
Faussaires, Les (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for some strong violence, brief sexuality/nudity and language.

Durée:

98 min

Pays:

Austria | Germany

Langue:

Allemand | Russe | Anglais | Hébreu

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

France:Unrated | Spain:13 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Sweden:15 | Germany:12 | Australia:MA | Ireland:15A | Hong Kong:IIB | Czech Republic:12 | Norway:15 | UK:15 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:15 | USA:R

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Monte Carlo, Monaco

Company:

Magnolia Filmproduktion

Anecdotes:

Austria's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Solly and Burger are arguing in their sleeping quarters, Burger pulls down a bunk bed. In the next shot the bed is standing up.

Connexions De Film:

Featured in The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)

Austria's Oscar contender

This is the rare - and by that I REALLY mean rare! - case of an Austrian movie being able to bear comparison with international competition. "Die Fälscher" is a well-made and touching movie about the Holocaust and a special division of Jews in a K.Z. that survived by counterfeiting money (or pretending to do so) for the Nazis. Karl Markovics is the shining light of the cast. Who thought that the guy who came to greater popularity by starring in "Kommissar Rex" would end up getting roles like this one and playing them to perfection? August Diehl is good, too, but he comes across as a bit too dramatic at times. The Nazis - and that's the only weakness of Stefan Ruzowitzky's movie - are the way they always are. Ruthless, cruel, craven and at the same time stupid pigs who do everything to humiliate the Jews at any time. Even though, that is probably the way 99% of them really were, it would have been more interesting to get a differentiated view on some of them.

While "Die Fälscher" may not reinvent the wheel, it is a pretty great movie. And although it's typical that Hollywood would pick only a Holocaust-story from Austria as an Oscar contender, it is exciting as hell for a movie from this country to get a nomination. I really hope that Stefan Ruzowitzky will get the award, because his movie deserves it and it could help the Austrian film industry to finally get momentum again.