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The original film was set in [[Israel]], 1997, and [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], 1965, and follows three young [[Mossad]] agents, Ehud, Zvi, and Rachel. In 1965, the three agents were sent to Berlin to capture a Nazi war criminal named Dieter Vogel (a.k.a. the Surgeon of Birkenau). Despite careful planning, their inexperience and poor luck threaten their mission. The film cuts between 1965 and 1997, where the three agents deal with the aftermath of their mission 30 years later.

 

The 2011 remake followed the exact same plot, however the [[Dub Name Change|names of some characters are changed]]. When reading this page, remember that Zvi (2007) = Stephan (2011) and that Ehud (2007) = David (2011). Both films use two casts to play the agents in both time periods.

 

* [[Badass Israeli]]: Subverted at first when the main characters are young and inexperienced. They are quite skilled in combat and operations, but the second things go bad, their calm goes out the window.

* [[Call Back]]: {{spoiler|The syringe.}} And, less obviously, using a shard (of pottery or glass) as an [[Improvised Weapon]].

* [[The Sixties]]: Most of the story takes place in 1965.

* [[The Social Darwinist]]: Vogel tells David that the victims of the Holocaust went to their deaths without resistance, proving that Jews are mindless animals who don't deserve to live in the first place. David -- whose entire family was killed in the Holocaust -- finally [[Berserk Button|loses his cool]] during this speech.

* [[Timeshifted Actor]]: Jessica Chastain becomes [[Helen Mirren]], Marton Csokas becomes Tom Wilkinson, and Sam Worthington becomes Ciarán Hinds.

** Kind of confusing, though, because Marton Csokas looks more like Ciarán Hinds, and Sam Worthington looks more like Tom Wilkinson.

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