The Debt
Every secret comes with a price.
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.
- Director
- John Madden
- Worldwide
- $46M
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Cast
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What It's About
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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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Box Office & Release
The Debt returned 2.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $20M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $46M
- Release date
- Sep 30, 2010
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
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