In 1981 '' Private Schulz '' , a fictional version of Operation Bernhard , was broadcast on the BBC as a comedy-drama . The television serial starred Michael Elphick and Ian Richardson . In 2007 Burger 's memoirs were used as the basis for a film adaption , '' The Counterfeiters '' ( ) , which tells the story of Salomon Sorowitsch , a character loosely based on the lives of Smolianoff and Burger . The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 80th Academy Awards
80th Academy Awards
80th Academy Awards
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