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Summary
A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.
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- Date night
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+9)
Critics 44Audiences 53GoodWatch 49
Metascore47
Tomatometer41%
User score6.0
IMDb5.8
Letterboxd · 3 K ratings2.8/5
Audience score36%
Running time
2 h
A typical length for dramas, +11 min on the typical 109
typical 109120Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 29 countries, rent or buy in 21 more
+19Released
2019
July 24, 2019
7 years ago
Genres
DramaThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
HebrewPersianMade in
- Germany
Israel
France
Switzerland- United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 12 more40 people
- Diane KrugerRachel
- Martin FreemanThomas
- Cas AnvarFarhad
- Werner DaehnRöska
- Liron LevoDan
- Hadi KhanjanpourOwner E-Store
- Maria GnecchiItalian Woman
- JSJulia SchneiderGerman Woman
- Daniel WandeltSchool's Principal
Lana EttingerOperative #2
Rotem KeinanDaniel
Yoav LeviOperative #1- YHYohanan HersonJoe
- RBRita BädeWoman donation
- AAAnnette AtzpodienSchool secretary
- MAMohsen AzimiCustom offical
- MMMehdi MosadekpurPassport Offical
Gal FriedmanOperative #3
Ohad KnollerStefan
Barnaby MetschuratOperative- BVBastian VolkmerRöska's Bodyguard
- DTDoron TsabariRonnie
- DRDayani RahmaniRosita
- ATArie TchernerThe Director
Directing · 6
- Yuval Adler Director, Writer, Producer
- Adi Kutner Script Supervisor
- Maya Markova Third Assistant Director
- Mirjam Wille Second Assistant Director
- Daniel Arapoglu Second Assistant Director
- Esther Hassfurther First Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Yiftach R. Atir Novel
Production · 28
- Avi Nir Executive Producer
- Teddy Schwarzman Executive Producer
- Amy Nauiokas Executive Producer
- Michael Heimler Executive Producer
- Ben Stillman Executive Producer
- Ephraim Gildor Executive Producer
Camera · 13
- Kolja Brandt Director of Photography, Cinematography
- Sabine Rösing First Assistant Camera
- Karl Keil First Assistant "A" Camera
- Yoshua Berkowitz Steadicam Operator, Camera Operator
- Kenneth Cornils Key Grip
- Norwin Hatschbach Camera Operator
Editing · 2
- Hansjörg Weißbrich Editor
- Thomas Gieraths Online Editor
Sound · 14
- Frank Ilfman Music
- Frank Schubert Sound Designer
- Michael Kaczmarek Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor
- Christoph Oertel Foley Mixer
- Greg Crawford ADR Mixer
- Martin Langenbach Foley Artist
Art · 17
- Marc Ewert Storyboard Artist
- Mikael Riou Set Dresser
- Katja Schlömer Set Decoration
- Jutta Freyer Art Direction
- Nele Schallenberg Assistant Property Master, Property Buyer
- Klaus Bienen Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Hamada Atallah Costume Design
- Verena Reuter Costume Design
- Diana Badalova Makeup Artist
- René Jordan Makeup & Hair
- Serena Matlas Wardrobe Coordinator
- Annalena Gerstmann Wardrobe Coordinator
Visual Effects · 6
- Dan Sachar Visual Effects Supervisor
- Bastian Hopfgarten VFX Supervisor
- Alice Rathert Visual Effects Producer
- Daniel Binder Digital Compositor
- Patrick Tauscher Digital Compositor
- Denis Sánchez Digital Compositor
Lighting · 3
- Thorsten Kosselek Gaffer
- Anand Puthupparambil Electrician
- Bernd Kremer Electrician
Other crew · 14
- Torsten Jerabek Stunt Coordinator
- Julia Schneider Stunt Double
- Maria Gnecchi Stunts
- Steffen Jung Fight Choreographer
- Paloma Schnitzer Visual Effects Editor
- Jonas Windgassen Set Runner
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