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Black Book

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

Duration

2h 25m

Release

14 Sept 2006

Country

Netherlands

Language

Dutch

Overview

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.

Plot

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance. Things get complicated when she falls for the enemy.

Cast

Carice van HoutenSebastian KochThom Hoffman

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.7/10Rotten Tomatoes: 77%Metacritic: 71/100

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Director

Paul Verhoeven

Writers

Gerard SoetemanPaul Verhoeven

Revenue

$26,768,563

Budget

$21,000,000

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award13 wins & 23 nominations total

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