Black Book

Black Book (2006)

Zwartboek

To fight the enemy, she must become one of them.

Israel, 1956: Jewish teacher Rachel Stein rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz. It brings back memories of her experiences in the Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. In September 1944, Rachel's hiding place is bombed by Allied troops; she makes contact with a resistance member and joins a group of Jews to be smuggled across the Biesbosch to the freed South Netherlands. Only Rachel escapes a massacre by patrol Germans, and is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers, whose son is captured trying to smuggle weapons. Kuipers asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmführer Ludwig Müntze, a mission that she will soon learn that the boat attack wasn't a coincidence.

Date of release
2006-09-14
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (1287)
Runtime
2h 25m
Genres
Drama, Thriller, War
Director
Paul Verhoeven

Casting

  • Carice van Houten — Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries
  • Sebastian Koch — Ludwig Müntze
  • Thom Hoffman — Hans Akkermans
  • Halina Reijn — Ronnie
  • Waldemar Kobus — Günther Franken
  • Matthias Schoenaerts — Joop
  • Derek de Lint — Gerben Kuipers
  • Christian Berkel — General Käutner
  • Dolf de Vries — Notary Wim Smaal
  • Peter Blok — Van Gein
  • Michiel Huisman — Rob
  • Ronald Armbrust — Tim Kuipers

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