Three young Mossad agents return to a heroes' welcome in 1965 Israel from their mission to capture a Nazi war criminal, the notorious "Surgeon of Birkenau." But on that long ago mission they made a pact and, now middle-aged, Rachel Singer (Helen Mirrren)...

The 2007 Israeli film "Ha-Hov" ("The Debt"), a drama about three Mossad agents long hailed as national heroes who in middle-age are forced to confront a long-held secret, was a gripping drama that played here at the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival. The...