*Gila Almagor
Gila Almagor Agmon ( he, גילה אלמגור אגמון; born Gila Alexandrowitz; July 22, 1939) is an Israeli actress, film star, and author. In Israel, she is known as "queen of the Israeli cinema and theatre".
Biography
Gila Alexandrowitz (A ...
(as Rachel Brener)
*Yuriy Chepurnov
*Oleg Drach
*Sergiy Dvoretskyy
* Netta Garti (as young Rachel Brener)
*Evgeniya Gladiy
*Reut Hajaj
*Eran Ivanir
*Aleksandr Kulish
*
Yehezkel Lazarov (as young Ehud)
*Vlad Levitskyy
*
Victoria Malektorovych
*Sergei Malyuga
*Judith Naman
*Nadav Netz
*Alexander/ (as Zvi)
*
Edgar Selge (as Max Rainer)
*Elena Sikorskaya
*Alexandra Smolyarova
*Dmitry Sova
*Viktor Stepanenko
*Sergiy Strelnikov
*Oded Teomi (as Ehud)
*
Itay Tiran
Itay Tiran ( he, איתי טיראן; born March 23, 1980) is an Israeli stage and screen actor, director, and a well-known pro-Palestinian advocate in Israel. As an actor, he is known for his roles in '' Forgiveness'' (2006), '' Beaufort'' (200 ...
(as young Zvi)
*Alon Zamek
*Arieh Adler (narrator)
Plot
The film is not based on fact, and centers on an
Israeli-Mossad Kidon team who in 1964 capture notorious Nazi doctor
Josef Mengele
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, serviceyears = 1938–1945
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who had performed
human experimentation in a
German extermination camp. When he escapes from them, they report him as being shot once in the head and killed during his attempted escape. In the following years, the agents receive numerous accolades for their actions, with no one suspecting the truth, but in the late 1990s they learn he may be alive, repentant, and likely to expose the truth of the events.
Cinematic history
The film was nominated for four awards by the
Israeli Film Academy
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in 2007: Best Art Direction, Ido Dolev; Best Cinematography,
Giora Bejach; Best Costumes, Inbal Shuki; and Best Supporting Actress, Neta Garty.
[IMDb: Awards](_blank)
accessed February 19, 2011.
The film has had no theatrical release in United States , but a version with English subtitles has screened at U.S. film festivals and has been shown on the
Sundance cable-television channel.
A U.S.
remake titled ''
The Debt'' starring
Helen Mirren,
Sam Worthington
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,
Ciarán Hinds
Ciarán Hinds (; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor. Born in Belfast, Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including '' The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover'' (1989), '' Persuasion'' (1 ...
and
Tom Wilkinson
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (born 5 February 1948)Born January–March 1948, according to the ''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com is an English actor of film, television, and stage. He has rece ...
was directed by
John Madden
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from a screenplay by
Matthew Vaughn
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,
Jane Goldman
Jane Loretta Anne Goldman''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com (born 11 June 1970) is an English screenwriter, author and producer. With Matthew Vaughn, she co-wrote the screenplays of '' Kings ...
and
Peter Straughan.
It premiered at the
Deauville American Film Festival
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It was established by Lionel Ch ...
on September 4, 2010, and was originally scheduled for wide release in December 2010 until this date was pushed back to August 31, 2011.
[PunchDrunkCritics, February 9, 2011](_blank)
, accessed February 19, 2011.
References
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Israeli thriller films
2000s Hebrew-language films
Films shot in Israel
Films about Jews and Judaism
Films about the Mossad
2007 films
2000s spy films
Films directed by Assaf Bernstein
Films set in 1964
Films set in the 1990s
Films about Nazi hunters