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[PAST EVENT] German House Movie Night
October 25, 2011
7:30pm
Location
Giles Hall (Randolph Complex), 1st floor500B Ukrop Way
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
The German House will host another German Movie Night this Tuesday in the German House, Randolph Complex, Giles Hall (1st floor)! They will screen The Counterfeiters: A True Story (Die F?lscher, directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, 2007) in German with English Subtitles.
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, The Counterfeiters tells the true story of Salomon Sorowitsch, a swindler who made a name for himself as Berlin?s ?King of the Counterfeiters.? However, his life of women and easy money is cut short when he is arrested and placed in a Nazi concentration camp.
With the German army on the verge of bankruptcy, Sorowitsch makes a sobering deal with his captors: in exchange for a comfortable bed, good food and fair treatment, Sorowitsch, along with the other hand-picked specialists, must counterfeit bank notes to fund the Nazi war effort. If he does as they say, he lives another day. If he rebels, he faces the same fate as the rest of the camp?s prisoners. But if he lives, will he be able to live with himself?
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, The Counterfeiters tells the true story of Salomon Sorowitsch, a swindler who made a name for himself as Berlin?s ?King of the Counterfeiters.? However, his life of women and easy money is cut short when he is arrested and placed in a Nazi concentration camp.
With the German army on the verge of bankruptcy, Sorowitsch makes a sobering deal with his captors: in exchange for a comfortable bed, good food and fair treatment, Sorowitsch, along with the other hand-picked specialists, must counterfeit bank notes to fund the Nazi war effort. If he does as they say, he lives another day. If he rebels, he faces the same fate as the rest of the camp?s prisoners. But if he lives, will he be able to live with himself?
Contact
akschroer@wm.edu