| Description |
1 videodisc (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.35:1. |
| Note |
In Dutch with optional subtitles in French, English, or Spanish. |
| Cast |
Carice van Houten (Rachel/Ellis), Sebastian Koch (Ludwig Müntze), Thom Hoffman (Hans Akkermans), Halina Reijn (Ronnie), Waldemar Kobus (Günther Franken), Derek de Lint (Gerben Kuipers), Christian Berkel (General Käutner), Dolf de Vries (Notary Smaal), Peter Blok (Van Gein), Michiel Huisman (Rob). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Karl Walter Lindenlaub ; editors, Job ter Burg, James Herbert ; composer, Anne Dudley. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a Dutch motion picture in 2006. |
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Special features: Commentary with director Paul Verhoeven [audio feature]; Black Book: The Special [making of featurette] (26 min.); Previews (21 min.). |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: rated R. |
| Summary |
Rachel is the daughter of an affluent Rotterdam Jewish family who are ambushed while trying to escape into Allied territory. She alone survives, and ends up in the Dutch Resistance, transformed into blond Ellis de Vries, playing Mata Hari to high-ranking German officer Ludwig Müntze. The officer can feel the Allies closing in, and is eager to forge a separate peace with the resistance fighters who may soon become the Dutch government, and keeps her secret. Meanwhile, someone in the resistance is systematically undermining the operation and betraying escaping Jewish families. For Rachel and Müntze alike, life in occupied Holland is terrifying. Expectations can be fatally reversed in seconds, and interlocking webs of secrecy and betrayal keep everyone always on edge. |
| Contents |
Friend from the war -- Air raid -- Visitor in the night -- Massacre -- Smuggled in -- Resistance -- Strangers on a train -- Change in plans -- Infiltration -- Music with a murder -- Sleeping with the enemy -- Interrogation -- Planting the bug -- Listening in -- Kidnap gone wrong -- Suspicion -- Rescue attempt -- Ambush -- Betrayal -- Liberation -- Parade -- Death warrant -- Branded a traitor -- Chocolate -- Black book -- Failed escape -- Suffication -- End credits. |
| Awards |
Winner, Golden Calf Award, Nederlands Film Festival, 2006 for Best Actress (Carice van Houten); Best Director (Paul Verhoeven); Best Film (San Fu Maltha). |
| Subject |
Jewish women -- Netherlands -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Collaborationists -- Netherlands -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Betrayal -- Netherlands -- Drama.
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Netherlands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama.
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Netherlands -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Thriller Feature. |
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War Feature. |
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Feature films. |
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Suspense films. |
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War films. |
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Feature films. |
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War films. |
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Spy films. |
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Motion pictures, Dutch. |
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Foreign films Netherlands. |
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Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.) |
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Alt Name |
Verhoeven, Paul, 1938- Author of screenplay, Director.
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Maltha, San Fu, 1958-
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Soeteman, Gerard, Author of screenplay.
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Houten, Carice van, 1976-
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Koch, Sebastian, 1962- Actor.
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Hoffman, Thom, Actor.
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Reijn, Halina, 1975- Actor.
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Kobus, Waldemar, 1966-
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Lint, Derek de, 1950- Actor.
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Berkel, Christian, 1957-
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Fu Works (Firm)
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VIP 4 (Firm)
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Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Add Title |
Black book |
| ISBN |
1424851572 |
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9781424851577 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
043396184954 |
| Publisher # |
18495 Sony Pictures Classics |
| OCLC # |
150881663 |
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