The Forger (Der Passfälscher)
- Dreifilm (DE)
- Network Movie (DE)
- German
- Aide Financière Sélective (AFS)
Beta Cinema
Dirk Schürhoff
dirk.schuerhoff@betacinema.com
Louis Hofmann, Jonathan Berlin, André Jung, Luna Wedler, Nina Gummich, Marc Limpach, Luc Feit, Patrick Hastert, Jeanne Werner, Marie Jung, Kristof van Boven, Stephanie Stremler, Catherine Janke, Steve Karier, Dorothee Neff, Nickel Bösenberg, Monique Reuter, Philippe Thelen, Adrien Papritz, Max Thommes, Geraldine Raths
Make-up : Katja ALEXIS-REINERT
Production management : Bénédicte Hermesse
Production coordinator : Magaly Teixeira
Script Supervisor : Eileen Byrne
Komparsencasting Luxembourg : Nilton Martins
1st Camera assistant : Theo Theodorides
Original sound : Yves Bemelmans
Boom Operator : Ken Rischard
Art Director : Marc Ridremont
SFX Supervisor : Ken Fitzke
Sound post production : Philophon Studios
Still photographers : Ricardo Vaz Palma & Govinda Van Maele
Digital post production : Espera
21-year-old Cioma Schönhaus won’t let anyone take away his zest for life, especially not the Nazis. He wants to discover life, but has the misfortune of living as a Jewish person in Berlin in the 1940s. Since the best hiding spots are in plain sight, Cioma decides to go out into the light to escape deportation. Using the identity of a marine officer he created himself, he throws himself into the city’s nightlife and even finds a fragile hope for love during the darkest moments of war. Throughout the day he forges IDs with just a brush, some ink and a steady hand – and saves the life of many others. His talent puts him in more and more danger, though, and at some point Cioma’s only hope to survive is a last forged ID – with his own name on it.