The Counterfeiters May 2026

: It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film .

: The screenplay was based on The Devil’s Workshop , a memoir by survivor Adolf Burger . 2. Historical Context: Operation Bernhard The Counterfeiters

: Set during WWII, the film follows Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch, a master Jewish forger imprisoned at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He is coerced by the Nazis to lead a team of prisoners in forging British pounds and American dollars to destabilize the Allied economies. : It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film