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Feature film — 2006

Black Book (2006)

7.42h 25mDrama — Thriller — War

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.

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A high-signal pick with 1,290 votes.

Fu Works / AVRO / VIP Medienfonds 4 / Clockwork Pictures / Studio Babelsberg / Motion Investment Group / Motel Films / Hector BV / ContentFilm International / Egoli Tossell Film

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Director: Paul Verhoeven

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Cast & crew

Carice van Houten as Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries

Carice van Houten

Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries

Sebastian Koch as Ludwig Müntze

Sebastian Koch

Ludwig Müntze

Thom Hoffman as Hans Akkermans

Thom Hoffman

Hans Akkermans

Halina Reijn as Ronnie

Halina Reijn

Ronnie

Waldemar Kobus as Günther Franken

Waldemar Kobus

Günther Franken

Matthias Schoenaerts as Joop

Matthias Schoenaerts

Joop

Derek de Lint as Gerben Kuipers

Derek de Lint

Gerben Kuipers

Christian Berkel as General Käutner

Christian Berkel

General Käutner

Dolf de Vries as Notary Wim Smaal

Dolf de Vries

Notary Wim Smaal

Peter Blok as Van Gein

Peter Blok

Van Gein

Michiel Huisman as Rob

Michiel Huisman

Rob

Ronald Armbrust as Tim Kuipers

Ronald Armbrust

Tim Kuipers

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