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THE FORGER

by Maggie Peren

synopsis

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 for himself, he throws himself into the city's nightlife and even finds a fragile hope for love during the darkest moments of the war. Throughout the day he forges IDs with just a brush, some ink and a steady hand - and saves the lives 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.

international title: The Forger
original title: Der Passfälscher
country: Germany
sales agent: Beta Cinema
year: 2022
genre: fiction
directed by: Maggie Peren
film run: 117'
screenplay: Maggie Peren
cast: Louis Hofmann, Jonathan Berlin, Luna Wedler, Nina Gummich, Marc Limpach, André Jung, Yotam Ishay, Luc Feit, Jeanne Werner, Joscha Schönhaus
cinematography by: Christian Stangassinger
film editing: Robert Sterna
art director: Marc Ridremont, Eva Stiebler
costumes designer: Diana Dietrich
music: Mario Grigorov
producer: Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Alexander Fritzemeyer, Dietrich Kluge, Martin Kosok, Jutta Lieck-Klenke, Bady Minck
line producer: Peter Hermann
production: Dreifilm GbR, Amour Fou Luxembourg, Network Movie Film und Fernsehproduktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
distributor: X Verleih

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