Black Book / Zwartboek (2007)
01 Feb 2007
Black Book (2007) is the story of a German Jewish girl who narrowly survives the war in Holland. When the hiding place of the beautiful Jewish singer Rachel Steinn is destroyed by a stray bomb, she decides with a group of other Jews to cross the Biesbosch to the already liberated south of the Netherlands. However, their boat is intercepted by a German patrol and all the refugees are massacred. Only Rachel survives. She joins the resistance, and under the alias Ellis de Vries manages to get friendly with the German SD officer Müntze. He is very taken with her and offers her a job. Meanwhile, the resistance devise a plan to free a group of imprisoned resistance fighters with Ellis’ help. The plan is betrayed and fails miserably. Both the Resistance and the Germans blame her. She goes into hiding once more, with Müntze in tow. Together they wait for the war to end. Liberation does not bring Ellis freedom; not even when she manages to expose the real traitor. ‘Every survivor is guilty in some way.’
Also Known As: Black Book; Blackbook; Zwartboek; Zwartboek de Film
Running Time: 2 hrs. 15 min.
Release Date: March 9th, 2007 (limited)
MPAA Rating: R for some strong violence, graphic nudity, sexuality and language.
Filming Locations: Den Haag, Netherlands; Studio Babelsberg, Germany; Israel; Ireland, United Kingdom
Produced in: Germany
Starring: Carice van Houten, Thom Hoffman, Sebastian Koch, Halina Reijn, Christian Berkel, Waldemar Kobus, Michiel Huisman, Derek de Lint, Peter Blok, Ronald Armbrust, Jeroen Uijttenhout, Dolf de Vries, Diana Dobbelman, Matthias Schoenaerts, Xander Straat
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Writing credits: Gerard Soeteman, Paul Verhoeven
Website: http://www.blackbookfilm.com/
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