Black Book (2007)

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Rating: R

Release Date: Apr 4, 2007

Running Time: 145 mins.

Additional Notes: dialogue Dutch, German, English and Hebrew, subtitled English

Country Of Origin: Netherlands

Country Of Origin: Germany

Country Of Origin: United Kingdom

Country Of Origin: Belgium

starring: Carice Van Houten, Halina Reijn, Thom Hoffman, Peter Blok, Derek DeLint, Sebastian Koch, Christian Berkel, Waldemar Kobus, Dolf DeVries, Michiel Huisman

director: Paul Verhoeven

Black Book (Zwartboek)

Set in the fall of 1944, a thriller about the Dutch underground based on true events that span nearly a year around Rachel Stein, a young, pretty German Jewish woman who falls for a high-ranking Gestapo officer while seeking revenge for her family's murders. Everyone involved soon finds themselves embroiled in a spider's web of intrigue, treachery and betrayal--to the point where friend and enemy blur together into an indistinguishable line.

Director Paul Verhoeven's well-acted but overblown (and overly long) WWII thriller Black Book is like The Diary of Anne Frank by way of Basic Instinct.

Story

Structured as one big flashback, Black Book tells the story of Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten), a Dutch Jew in hiding during World War II. When her cover is blown, she reunites with her family to try to sneak out of the country--only to be ambushed by the Germans. The sole survivor of the attack, one-time cabaret singer Rachel joins the…