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Black book / Fu Works ; Hector BV ; Motel Films ; AVRO Television ; Motion Investment Group ; Studio Babelsberg ; VIP 4 Medienfonds ; [in co-production with] Clockwork Pictures ; Egoli Tossell Film AG ; produced by Jeroen Beker, Teun Hilte, San Fu Maltha, Jens Meurer, Jos van der Linden, Frans van Gestel ; written by Gerard Soeteman, Paul Verhoeven ; directed by Paul Verhoeven.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: TVD 3726VFD06197Language: Dutch Summary language: English Original language: Dutch Publication details: [U.K.] : Tartan Video, 2007.Description: 1 DVD (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Uniform titles:
  • Zwartboek. English.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 22
LOC classification:
  • War DVD 860
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Karl Walter Lindenlaub ; editors, Job ter Burg, James Herbert ; music, Anne Dudley ; costume designer, Yan Tax ; production designer, Wilbert Van Dorp.
  • Nederlands Film Festival, 2006: Golden Calf - Best Actress (Carice van Houten) ; Best Director (Paul Verhoeven) ; Best Film (San Fu Maltha, Jos van der Linden, Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker).
Cast: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Derek de Lint, Christian Berkel, Dolf de Vries, Peter Blok, Michiel Huisman.Summary: A young Jewish girl hides out from the Nazi's during World War II in The Netherlands. After her hiding place is literally blown, she escapes with her rescuer, a young sailer. That same night, as she is hiding with the sailer, she is warned by the Dutch resistance that their hiding place has been located by the Germans. The next day they take off toward the liberated areas. That night the boat sails into a trap set by the Germans. Rachel escapes and joins the resistance. Under the false name Ellis de Vries she meets SS-hauptsturmführer Ludwig Muntze on a train smuggling weapons. She goes to his head quarters to meet him again and gain his trust. He soons falls for her and joins his office as a spy. But when someone within the resistance betrays her, she is now seen as an enemy betraying both sides. All that's left to do is run with the man she learned to love and find a way to prove her innocence by finding the real betrayer.
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.

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Director of photography, Karl Walter Lindenlaub ; editors, Job ter Burg, James Herbert ; music, Anne Dudley ; costume designer, Yan Tax ; production designer, Wilbert Van Dorp.

Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Derek de Lint, Christian Berkel, Dolf de Vries, Peter Blok, Michiel Huisman.

A young Jewish girl hides out from the Nazi's during World War II in The Netherlands. After her hiding place is literally blown, she escapes with her rescuer, a young sailer. That same night, as she is hiding with the sailer, she is warned by the Dutch resistance that their hiding place has been located by the Germans. The next day they take off toward the liberated areas. That night the boat sails into a trap set by the Germans. Rachel escapes and joins the resistance. Under the false name Ellis de Vries she meets SS-hauptsturmführer Ludwig Muntze on a train smuggling weapons. She goes to his head quarters to meet him again and gain his trust. He soons falls for her and joins his office as a spy. But when someone within the resistance betrays her, she is now seen as an enemy betraying both sides. All that's left to do is run with the man she learned to love and find a way to prove her innocence by finding the real betrayer.

MPAA rating: R; for some strong violence, graphic nudity, sexuality, and language.

DVD, region 0 PAL, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

Dutch dialogue, English subtitles.

Nederlands Film Festival, 2006: Golden Calf - Best Actress (Carice van Houten) ; Best Director (Paul Verhoeven) ; Best Film (San Fu Maltha, Jos van der Linden, Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker).

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