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Mar 9, 2023 · “THE FORGER” By Josh Parham. March 9, 2023. THE STORY – Cioma Schönhaus, a 21-year-old Jewish man, escapes the Gestapo and saves lives thanks to his ability to forge passports. His other talent is forging his own identity. THE CAST – Louis Hofmann, Jonathan Berlin & Luna Wedler. THE TEAM – Maggie Peren (Director/Writer) & Cioma Schönhaus (Writer)
Sep 21, 2023 · Writer-director Maggie Peren must be given credit for defying typical Holocaust film narrative by making Cioma Schönhaus (upon whose memoir this is based) equally defiant. He’s been targeted for the most hideous execution imaginable but he refuses to go quietly – if at all.
Mar 2, 2023 · There is a casual vibe to The Forger, written and directed by Maggie Peren, that reflects its hero's stubborn optimism in the face of very real danger. This informal energy feels incongruous to the content at first, lending an uncomfortableness to this true story that proves very effective.
- Dan Mecca
Feb 13, 2022 · Louis Hofmann leads an engaging drama based on Holocaust memoir set in wartime Berlin. Source: DREIFILM. ‘The Forger’. Dir/scr: Maggie Peren. Germany/Luxembourg. 2022. 117 mins. There are ...
Feb 21, 2022 · Interview: Maggie Peren • Director of The Forger “I think that’s how people behaved in order to survive: they smiled” BERLINALE 2022: Basing her film on a true story, the German helmer tries to capture the everyday reality of World War II – and the lust for life
- Davide Abbatescianni
The Forger: Directed by Maggie Peren. With Louis Hofmann, Jonathan Berlin, Luna Wedler, Nina Gummich. Cioma Schönhaus, a 21-year-old Jewish man, escapes the Gestapo and saves lives thanks to his ability to forge passports.
Nov 19, 2022 · Based on a true story, Maggie Peren’s The Forger, showing at the UK Jewish Film Festival, is very much in this mold as a young Jewish man finds a way to ‘pass’ in German society as well as ...
