The year is 1964. Rachel Brener is one of 3 young Mossad agents teem who caught "THE SURGEON OF BIRKENAU" - a Nazi monster who was never brought to trial in Israel. The official reason was that he was shot to death while trying to escape from Israeli captivity in a safe house somewhere in Europe. 30 years after, the well communicated death story of the monster could be questionable, a small article appears in a local unimportant paper in a small town in Ukraine. Surprisingly the Surgeon is ALIVE and is willing to admit his crimes against the human race and especially the Jews. The 3 older x Mossad agents who are in their late 60th became aware to this unfortunate threatening knowledge. The fact was that the "Surgeon" managed to escape from his guards 30 years ago.
Acting
Gila Almagor's haunted eyes carry 30 years of unspoken horror.
Direction
Bernstein's cramped frames make claustrophobia a moral condition.
Director
Assaf Bernstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2007 Israeli original predates the 2010 Helen Mirren remake by three years; Mirren's version bloated the runtime by 20 minutes and softened the ending.
The 'Surgeon of Birkenau' evokes real Nazi doctors like Josef Mengele, who escaped to South America and became objects of obsessive Mossad hunts.
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