A Hollywood adaptation of Israel's much talked-about 2007 film "The Debt" will be hitting U.S. theaters in August. The Israeli film, starring Gila Almagor, Neta Garty, Itay Tiran and Yehezkel Lazarov, tells the story of three Mossad agents who discover after 30 years that a Nazi war criminal they had been sent to kill is still alive. Academy Award winner Helen Mirren has slipped into Gila Almagor's shoes and portrays Rachel Singer, a retired Mossad agent whose past continues to haunt her. Tom Wilkinson and Ciarán Hinds (known for his role as Julius Caesar in the BBC miniseries "Rome") play two other Mossad agents sent to join Helen Mirren's character. The movie takes place in 1997, with intermittent flashbacks to 1967, when the three young agents, portrayed by Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, and Marton Csokas, are given their mission. John Madden (of "Shakespeare in Love" fame) directs the American remake with a screenplay adapted by Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman ("X-Men: First Class"). The screenplay is based on Assaf Bernstein and Ido Rosenblum's original script. For Israelis the highlight of the film may be Israeli actress Romi Aboulafia, who plays Helen Mirren's daughter, Sarah, in the film and who writes a book about her parents past misdeeds in the Mossad. The movie was originally scheduled for release in 2011, but budgetary problems arose when owner Disney sold Miramax studios, the original producer of the film, and left the fate of "The Debt" in the hands of the Focus Features production company.
Americas cinematic 'Debt' to Israel
American adaptation of Israeli thriller hits U.S. theaters at months end, and is scheduled to open in Israel by October • Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren slips into Gila Almagor's shoes to portray a Mossad agent in the film.
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