The Debt (2007 film)Ha-Hov (Hebrew: החוב, a.k.a. HaChov), or in English, The Debt, is a 2007 Israeli drama-thriller film directed by Assaf Bernstein and starring Gila Almagor, , and , about three retired Mossad agents confronted by a challenge from their past. It was remade as the 2010 American/British film The Debt, mixing the Mengele and Eichmann stories. CastActors with corresponding major characters: PlotThe film is fictional and centers on an Israeli-MossadKidon team.
IsraelCountry in West AsiaIsrael, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel's western coast lies on the , its southern tip reaches the Red Sea, and to the east is Earth's lowest point near the Dead Sea.
MossadThe Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, popularly known as Mossad, is the national intelligence agency of the State of Israel. It is one of the main organizations in the Israeli intelligence community, along with Aman (military intelligence) and Shin Bet (internal security). Mossad is responsible for intelligence collection, covert operations, extrajudicial killings and counterterrorism. Its director answers directly and only to the prime minister.
Jessica ChastainAmerican actress and producer (born 1977)Jessica Michelle Chastain (born March 24, 1977) is an American actress and producer. Known primarily for starring in projects with feminist themes, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, two Tony Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012.
Gila AlmagorGila Almagor Agmon (Hebrew: גילה אלמגור אגמון; born Gila Alexandrowitz; 22 July 1939) is an Israeli actress and author. In Israel, she is known as "queen of the Israeli cinema and theatre". BiographyGila Alexandrowitz (Almagor) was born in Petah Tikva to Jewish emigrant parents from Europe. Her father Max Alexandrowitz was born in Germany to Polish-Jewish parents.
Helen MirrenEnglish actor (born 1945)Dame Helen Mirren (; born Ilyena Lydia Mironoff; 26 July 1945) is an English actor. Regarded amongst Britain's greatest actors, Mirren is the recipient of many accolades including an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTA Awards, five Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, two Cannes Film Festival Awards, a Volpi Cup and a Laurence Olivier Award.
Hebrew languageHebrew is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and remained in regular use as a first language until after 200 CE and as the liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism. The language was revived as a spoken language in the 19th century, and is the only successful large-scale example of linguistic revival.
ScreenwriterPerson who writes for films, TV shows, comics, and games A page of a screenplay, showcasing character dialogue, scene transitions, sluglines, and action lines A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television commercials, video games, and the growing area of online web series.
Film directorA film director is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking in cooperation with the producer.Film producerA film producer is a person who oversees film production, from finding and selecting promising material for development, through to post-production, marketing and distribution of the film. They plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, directing, editing, and arranging financing. The producer supervises the pre-production, principal photography, and post-production stages of filmmaking.
The Debt (2010 film)The Debt is a 2010 thriller film directed by John Madden from a screenplay written by Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan. It is an English-language remake of the 2007 Israeli film. It stars Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Wilkinson, Marton Csokas and Jesper Christensen.
New York University Tisch School of the ArtsThe New York University Tisch School of the Arts (also known as NYU Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University, a privateresearch university in New York City, New York, United States. It was founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, as a training ground for artists, scholars of the arts, and filmmakers.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.