4. Die Falscher (The Counterfeiters)
Year 2007, Director Stefan Ruzowitzky, Starring Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Viet Strubner. The Holocaust is something of a taboo subject in Germany, as its citizens dislike being reminded of an atrocity that many of their ancestors were complicit in. It was therefore something of a gamble for director Stefan Ruzowitzky to use the event as the backdrop for his film, but one that pays off spectacularly. Centered on a group of Jewish prisoners with a talent for forgery, chief amongst them being Karl Markovics Sorowitsch, the film is underlined by the groups conflicting opinions about the task they are set counterfeiting the US Dollar and British pound, as whilst they are offered adequate living conditions in comparison to their fellow prisoners, avoiding extermination camps such as Auschwitz at the same time, their actions are supportive of the German war effort, which they oppose for obvious reasons. An Oscar winner, the film has its origins in a real historical operation, and brilliantly portrays one of the many non-combat related stories that World War II has to offer.