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The Counterfeiters 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Studio: Sony Catalog: DVD Release date: 2008-08-05 Media: DVD released in theatres: 2008-02-22 Running time in minutes: 98 DVD aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC DVD Region code: 99 released in theatres: 2008-02-22 Ean: 0043396239203 Upc: 043396239203  Tip: compare prices with similar DVDs |
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 Written on September 22, 2008 Summary: The Counterfeiters - real acting in a real story This drama is so extraordinary especially knowing it covers a real event in an unreal time. The acting is so complete I felt I was viewing reality in intimate detail. I highly recommend this Blu-ray disc for its historical depiction and its raw entertainment value. Written on September 22, 2008 Summary: Untold story-great characters,loved the "artifacts" extras PQ/AQ 4/5.I am 1/2 German and unfortunately heard about the time period in which my mom grew up in, when she was a little girl. Many German people risked their lives helping Jewish people who were unjustly persecuted. This film showed yet another side of this inhuman time period, and it was an engaging portrayal of the economic plot happening behind the scenes of the bombs and atrocities. With humor and a contant edge of fear, this film tells an incredible story of what happens when a group of people is asked to compromise all ethics to survive. The "artifacts" extras are very interesting and the film is not to be missed for its relevance. Thoroughly enjoyed-highly recommended. Written on September 12, 2008 Summary: Incredible Acting...Even More Incredible Story There are hundreds of movies about the Holocaust and most of them detail the unbelievable horrors of totalitarianism and racism. What makes this film stand apart is that it gives us a story of morally complex individuals who don't have the luxury of making easy choices between good and evil. Imagine, if you will, being given a chance at life, even a tolerably good life, in the bowels of Hell. But in order to live, you have to betray all those fighting to end that evil, brutal world. A few select men in the Sachsenhausen camp are given that choice...and (according to the film) they choose to live, even if some will become morally bankrupt in doing so. The most interesting personality of course, is the main protoganist - the best counterfeiter in Germany - who is a Jew (yes) but also a criminal type. According to his code of honor, which he translates into the concentration camp, a person may fake millions of bank notes to help the German regime continue to oppress, but one cannot squeal or compromise another prisoner - whatever the reason. The counterfeiter even secretly relishes the idea of accomplishing the impossible...heading the most daring money forgery operation in human history. Opposing him is a Russian idealist who believes that he must, absolutely must, sabotage the operation in order to bring the Nazi regime down. I was absolutely thrilled by Karl Marcovich's performance - subtle, nuanced, ruthless, and at times heart-breakingly compassionate. To those wary of seeing another Holocaust film, I say, this one's different...go see it. Written on September 8, 2008 Summary: The Counterfeiters - Blu-ray Info Version: U.S.A / Region-A Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1 Running time: 1:38:54 Movie size: 26,53 GB Disc size: 35,88 GB Average video bit rate: 27.93 Mbps Dolby TrueHD Audio French 1616 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1616kbps (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 448kbps) Dolby TrueHD Audio German 1565 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1565kbps (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 448kbps) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbps Subtitles: English / English SDH / French / Spanish Number of chapters: 16 #Audio Commentary #The Making of The Counterfeiters (SD, German, 10 min.) #Director Stefan Ruzowitzky Interview (SD, English, 18 min.) #Writer Adolf Burger Interview (SD, German, 10 min.) #Actor Karl Markovics Interview (SD, English, 10 min.) #Adolph Burger's Artifacts (SD, German, 20 min.) #Q&A with Director Stefan Ruzowitzky (SD, English, 13 min.) #Deleted Scenes (SD, German, 4 min.) #Theatrical Trailer (SD, 2 min.) #BD-Live From Back Cover: This film employs a variety of film stocks and grain structures in order to tell the story. This intentional visual style has been retained for this high definition presentation, as per the filmmaker's intent. Written on September 1, 2008 Summary: The CounterfeitersI I purchased this movie because a friend of mine is the son of a master engraver who created the forged British banknotes during WWII. When I saw the movie I was quite surprised with its involvement with the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. The engraver that I knew about was a German civilian. Nevertheless, the DVD contains an interview with the Russian engraver who was the main character in this verson of the story of this counterfeiting operation. It is my conjecture that the task of the German Government in this project was too important to their economy to perform the forgery in only one location or facility. This movie portrays a most unusual take on life in a German concentration camp, Sachsenhausen. The creation of an elite group of master engravers to carry out this operation was totally exceptional to expected camp life. Instead of fear of the guards, poor food or starvation, and bad quarters, these prisoners were given good civilian clothes probably taken from others who were less fortunate. They slept on beds with cotton sheets, and ate high quality food. They had classical music played on the phonograph while they worked at their printing tasks. While the story was a good story dealing with the tensions between prisoners from differing ethnic, social, and political backgrounds (The villian was a communist who tried to sabotage operations). This makes a good plot for a movie, but from another friend of mine who had been in the Dachau Camp, the prisoners were sorted into four categories; common criminals, political prisoners (my friend), prisoners who were candidates for ethnic cleansing, and finally the insane, crippled, or medically defective individuals. They wore a distinctive uniform peculiar to each category, and probably did not mix very much socially. The Russian engraver fitted the criminal category well and had been arrested for forging passports and travel papers. The movie had minor technical problems. The printing equipment used was not of sufficient quality to print bank notes. A scene of the prisoners dancing in celebration used dance movements appropriate to the 1960's. Nevertheless, the movie portrayed a very believeable story of a technical secret operation of the German Government that is closely held even today. Roger Kenneth Lee |
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| Catalog | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD |
| Release date | 2008-08-05 | 2008-09-30 | 2008-10-14 | 2008-07-29 | 2008-06-24 | 2008-07-22 |
| Media | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD | DVD |
| released in theatres | 2008-02-22 | 2008 | 2008-05-22 | 2007 | 2008 | 2008-03-28 |
| Running time in minutes | 98 | 126 | 122 | 87 | 107 | 123 |
| DVD aspect ratio | 1.85:1 | 2.35:1 | 2.35:1 | 1.78:1 | 2.35:1 | 2.40:1 |
| Audience Rating | R (Restricted) | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | R (Restricted) | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Format | AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | NTSC, Widescreen | AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| DVD Region code | 99 | 1 | 1 | 99 | 1 | 99 |
| Ean | 0043396239203 | 0097363506546 | 0097363418641 | 0043396238732 | 0025195016322 | 0043396214552 |
| Upc | 043396239203 | 097363506546 | 097363418641 | 043396238732 | 025195016322 | 043396214552 |
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