The Debt
Rachel Singer is a former Mossad agent who tried to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal – the Surgeon of Birkenau – in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must return to Eastern Europe to uncover the truth. Overwhelmed by haunting memories of her younger self and her two fellow agents, the still-celebrated heroine must relive the trauma of those events and confront the debt she has incurred.
Synopsis
Rachel Singer is a former Mossad agent who tried to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal – the Surgeon of Birkenau – in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must return to Eastern Europe to uncover the truth. Overwhelmed by haunting memories of her younger self and her two fellow agents, the still-celebrated heroine must relive the trauma of those events and confront the debt she has incurred.
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Cast
Directed by John Madden
Helen Mirren
Rachel Singer
Tom Wilkinson
Stefan Gold
Sam Worthington
Young David Peretz
Ciarán Hinds
David Peretz
Jessica Chastain
Young Rachel Singer
Marton Csokas
Young Stefan Gold
Jesper Christensen
Dieter Vogel
Romi Aboulafia
Sarah Gold
Adar Beck
Politicians Wife
Morris Perry
Ivan Schevchuk
Production
The details
Release
2010
Runtime
113 min
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