The Debt (2010)
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Duration: 113 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: John Madden
Stars: Jessica Chastain, Sam Worthington and Helen Mirren
IMDb score:
6,8 (72.609)
Releasedate: 30 September 2010
The Debt plot
"Every secret comes with a price."
'The Debt' tells the story of three Mossad agents who hunt a Nazi war criminal during the 1960s. At the risk of their own life, they track him down in East Berlin, but have yet to catch him. They still have to get him across the border. Told from the present, through the eyes of the female agent, we learn how their operation went.
Actors and actresses
Rachel Singer
Stefan Gold
Young David Peretz
David Peretz
Young Rachel Singer
Young Stefan Gold
Dieter Vogel
Sarah Gold
Politicians Wife
Ivan Schevchuk
Reviews & comments
Lovelyboy
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- 3444 messages
- 2543 votes
Yesterday I went crazy again after seeing it on TV last year. And what surprises me are the somewhat lukewarm responses. I will immediately admit that there might have been something more in it. The film is relatively short, the characters, while interestingly enough, are not particularly fleshed out and some things move quite quickly. He could have been a little longer and a little more in-depth in all directions in terms of trauma, characters and history of Vogel himself.
Nevertheless, I still think it is a more than fine film. Chastain is fine as always, the clashing characters of Worthington and Csokas is also captivating, and the interplay when they catch Vogel and have to feed them, for example. By the way, that Stephan is a great cock and mainly full of himself is clear from the start. The burden of the holocaust that all carry is not brought so much verbatim as in a sad silence.
Great story, great tension, nice but perhaps predictable ending, but in the end a great and entertaining movie for an evening of viewing pleasure. Not top notch, but just a very solid and exciting film.
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AveMaria
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- 51 messages
- 34 votes
Watched yesterday. Entertaining and at times exciting film with excellent acting by the ladies. I read in one of the comments that the ending could have been better developed. Agree. Yet not for one moment have I had the feeling of 'what am I actually looking at'. However, the transitions from the present and past did not bother me. Perhaps because I was really 'in' the film. Just watch...
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Arnie
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- 1080 messages
- 1848 votes
Reasonable and entertaining thriller, but there are a few things wrong with it, as stated by several people here.
The film tries to combine suspense with the question of whether the truth about a failed operation from the Mossad to a Nazi leader in the years after the Second World War should be revealed, but it lacks a good balance. Despite some exciting plot entanglements, the film remains somewhat boring as a thriller, and for example the action to finish Rachel's job is rather implausible.
At the same time, the morally interesting themes do not receive enough attention and would have been more appropriate in film that had placed more emphasis on the drama. The denouement, in which the need for truth is clearly put above the interests of people and nations, takes place in just two conversations and minutes of action, and Rachel's choice (including the contradictory The fact that she still kills the Birkenau butcher in the final battle and thus makes a trial impossible) are also hardly substantiated - a missed opportunity.
I wonder if the original movie does this better. Anyway, The Debt remains interesting enough for a Friday night.
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