Winner Best Foreign Language Film
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Based upon the true story of Operation Bernhardt, the Nazi plot to destabilise the British economy by flooding it with forged Pound notes. The film focuses on the Jewish forger Salomon (Sally) Sorowitz.
The film is based on the memoir of Adolf Burger, a Slovak Jew who was imprisoned in 1942 for forging documents to save other Jews from deportation. Burger was interned at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and forced to work on Operation Bernhardt.
Cast
| Character | Actor |
|---|---|
| Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch | Karl Markovics |
| Adolf Burger | August Diehl |
| Sturmbannführer Herzog | Devid Striesow |
| Hauptscharführer Holst | Martin Brambach |
| Dr. Klinger | August Zirner |
Country: Austria
Language: German
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2007 Nominees
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12
Nominated
A remake of Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men, starring and directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. It depicts the trial of a young Chechen boy accused of murdering his stepfather, a Russian military officer.
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Mongol (Монгол)
Nominated
The epic story of the young Ghengis Khan and how events in his early life led him to become one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known. The film forms the first part of a trilogy covering the life of Ghengis Khan.
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Katyn (Katyń)
Nominated
The Katyn massacre was the mass execution of Polish POW officers by the Soviet NKVD in 1940. The film tells the story from the viewpoint of the wives, mothers and daughters of the victims.
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Beaufort (בופור)
Nominated
Set in Beaufort castle a 12th century Crusader fort the film tells the story of Liraz Librati the last commander before the Israeli withdrawal in 2000. The director uses the stone walls of the castle as a symbol of the futility and endlessness of war.
