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The Hudson Film Society is dedicated to Monday Night at the Movies featuring Canadian and International films.	Hudson Film Society Presents: Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters) September 15 – 2pm and 7pm
HUDSON FILM SOCIETY	Director: Stefan Ruzowitzki Cast: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach, August Zimer Run Time: 99 minutes Country: Austria/Germany Year: 2008 Language: German, Russian with English subtitles

An epic tale of ultimate temptation during the Second World War, The Counterfeiters, recounts a diabolical Nazi plot that exploited the expertise of a group of concentration camp inmates.
The scheme involved toppling foreign economies and fuelling the German war effort with hoards of counterfeit pounds and dollars. The men forced to craft all that money were imprisoned Jews who just happened to be bankers, printers and a few professional forgers. In return, they were offered the chance to live the high life while their fellow prisoners starved. Fight for what you believe in and face certain death – or co-operate with the enemy to save your own skin?

Such is the dilemma at the heart of Stefan Ruzowitzky's compelling WWII film. Known as Operation Bernhard, the Nazi scam succeeded in forging over £130 million before the end of the war. That Ruzowitzky's film is so gripping is partly due to his decision to create a tense thriller rather than get bogged down in grim drama. Yet the director highlights the horrors of war with remarkable subtlety; although the workers are sheltered from seeing the brutality and torture, the screams alone are terrifying. Challenging and thought-provoking, The Counterfeiters won the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 2008.

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