Falschmünzer(1940)

Falschmünzer is a crime thriller set in the interwar period, following investigators from the Reich's counterfeiting bureau as they track a sophisticated forgery operation near Lake Constance. When the criminal ring attempts to recruit a young graphic artist, he betrays them to authorities, triggering an international manhunt. The case spirals across borders into Switzerland, where German and Swiss police launch a coordinated raid to dismantle the operation. The film captures the tension of a high-stakes investigation and the cat-and-mouse game between law enforcement and organized crime in 1920s Europe.