The Debt
Synopsis
Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington star in The Debt, the powerful story of Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent who endeavored to capture and bring to trial 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 go back 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.
Details
- Year
- 2011
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 113 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- John Madden
- Producer
- Matthew Vaughn, Kris Thykier, Eduardo Rossoff, Eitan Evan
- Co-Producer
- Mairi Bett
- Executive Producer
- Tarquin Pack
- Editor
- Alexander Berner
- Screenwriter
- Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman, Peter Straughan
- Director of Photography
- Ben Davis
- Production Designer
- Jim Clay
- Music
- Thomas Newman
- Principal Cast
- Sam Worthington, Helen Mirren, Ciaran Hinds, Marton Csokas, Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Chastain
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 2nd February 2011