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VERDICT: Maggie Peren’s evocation of young, reckless Jewish forger Cioma Schönhaus during the dark days of Hitler’s Berlin is strong on physical atmosphere but can't balance his devil-may-care spunk with a sense of what awaits should he be caught
Cioma Schönhaus’ story of being a young Jewish Berliner in the early 1940s is truly remarkable, i