The Debt (2007)

The Debt (2007)
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As her retirement unfurls, ex-Mossad agent Rachel (Gila Almagor) unexpectedly comes face to face with a long-buried demon from her past in Israeli director Assaf Bernstein's haunting psychological thriller The Debt. Though Rachel lived out a central intelligence career packed with one earth-shaking climax after another, the highlight undoubtedly arrived in the mid-'60s, when she and colleagues Ehud and Zvi joined forces to successfully track down and exterminate a long-elusive Nazi war criminal ominously nicknamed "The Surgeon of Birkenau." Now, the mid-'90s have arrived, and Rachel attends the party to celebrate her recently published memoirs. Zvi suddenly crops up for the first time in years, with a haunting and compelling account of an elderly gentleman in a Kiev, Ukraine nursing home, who insists that he is actually the "real" surgeon. Director Bernstein co-mingles 1960s spy film visual style with the tale of a woman in her golden years summoned to perform one last mission, checking off an assignment left unrealized. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

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Starring:
Gila AlmagorNetta Garti, (more)
Director(s):
Assaf Bernstein
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of The Debt

As her retirement unfurls, ex-Mossad agent Rachel (Gila Almagor) unexpectedly comes face to face with a long-buried demon from her past in Israeli director Assaf Bernstein's haunting psychological thriller The Debt. Though Rachel lived out a central intelligence career packed with one earth-shaking climax after another, the highlight undoubtedly arrived in the mid-'60s, when she and colleagues Ehud and Zvi joined forces to successfully track down and exterminate a long-elusive Nazi war criminal ominously nicknamed "The Surgeon of Birkenau." Now, the mid-'90s have arrived, and Rachel attends the party to celebrate her recently published memoirs. Zvi suddenly crops up for the first time in years, with a haunting and compelling account of an elderly gentleman in a Kiev, Ukraine nursing home, who insists that he is actually the "real" surgeon. Director Bernstein co-mingles 1960s spy film visual style with the tale of a woman in her golden years summoned to perform one last mission, checking off an assignment left unrealized. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
97 mins

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Director(s):
Assaf Bernstein
Writer(s):
Ido RosenblumAssaf Bernstein
Producer(s):
Eitan Evan
Categories:
Mystery & SuspenseForeign
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    Dave H.

    Boring, captioned, foreign language film following a worn out "get the war criminal" overly trodden plot.

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    Lena F.

    Slow moving but good. Good, not great acting except from the younger Rachel and the guy who played The Surgeon. Very creepy scenes that make you squirm, and it gets you to feel like the protagonists. Overall a stirring, good film.

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    Adam G.

    Not great. Looked like a good movie from the cast and plot description, but fell way short. Took too long for plot to get exciting.

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