Film info

Storyline

21-year-old Cioma Schönhaus wants to discover life, but has the misfortune of living as a Jewish person in Berlin in the 1940s. Because the best hiding places are where everyone is looking, Cioma decides to go out into the light to escape deportation. He throws himself into the city’s nightlife, using the identity of a marine he created for himself. During the day he forges IDs just with a brush, some ink and a steady hand - and saves the lives of many others. His talent puts him more and more in danger and at some point there are no hiding places for Cioma either. While those around him fall into the clutches of the Nazis, he has to risk escape at the last moment, from this city and his false identity - in his pocket a last forged ID, this time with his own name.

About the director

Maggie Peren is an award-winning writer and director born in Heidelberg, Germany. After studying Literature and Psychology in Munich, she started writing her first screenplay (Forget Amerika) when she was 24 years old. In 2003, she received the German Film Award for Before the Fall, followed by numerous screenplays she was awarded for nationally and internationally. In 2011 she presented her second directorial work with the Color of the Ocean. The refugee drama celebrated its premiere in Toronto and was awarded several prizes worldwide. The thriller short film Nocebo (2014) won the student Oscar for best foreign film. The Forger is her most recent feature film.

Screening schedule

• 02.07.2022.

  Terrace - Agency for waterways

  23:30h

Tickets for screenings at Cinestar Vukovar, Danubian Sand Island, Borovo Cinema are free. For screenings at locations - Terrace of Agency for Waterways and Castle Eltz Park admission is 15 HRK. Tickets.