The Counterfeiters was the winner of the Best Foreign Language Film at the 80th Academy Awards. It's an extraordinary story, based on real events, although some have been fictionalised to slightly to fit the narrative. The protagonist is Salomon ˜Sally' Sorrowitz, based on the real Salomon Smolianoff. A Russian Jew living in Germany just prior to the outbreak of World War 2, … [Read more...]