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The moral quandary of collaboration - fight for what you
believe in and face certain death, or co-operate with the
enemy to save your own skin - is the crux of this taut drama
which tells the true story of a group of imprisoned artists,
financiers and swindlers secretly assembled in a concentration
camp to forge millions of pound and dollar notes to support
the German war effort.
Ruzowitzky's film is gripping, in the manner of a tense
thriller, yet the director highlights the horrors of war
with remarkable subtlety, and he digs deeply into questions
related to choice, survival and martyrdom with great clarity.
"Challenging and thought-provoking, Austria's nomination
for next year's Best Foreign Film Oscar - and on this evidence
it deserves to win"
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