The Debt

The Debt

Every secret comes with a price.

R 2010 · 113 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama, Thriller

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.

Directed by John Madden · Written by Ido Rosenblum

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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

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