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The Debt

2010 · 113 min

A somber, slow-burning thriller that interweaves past and present, building tension through moral dilemmas and haunting secrets.

Tagline
Every secret comes with a price.
Overview
Rachel Singer is a former Mossad agent who tried to capture 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 return 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.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • justice
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
John Madden
Written by
Assaf Bernstein, Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman, Peter Straughan
Starring
Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Worthington, Ciarán Hinds, Jessica Chastain, Marton Csokas, Jesper Christensen, Romi Aboulafia
Music
Thomas Newman
Cinematography
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Runtime
113 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Russian, English, German

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