Black Book ( Zwartboek )

Black Book (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Zwartboek
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
139 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Paul Verhoeven

Written By:
Gerard Soeteman
Paul Verhoeven

Actors:
Carice van Houten ..... Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries
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
Ronald Armbrust ..... Tim Kuipers
Frank Lammers ..... Kees
Matthias Schoenaerts ..... Joop
Johnny de Mol ..... Theo
Xander Straat ..... Maarten

Synopsis:

Set in Nazi-occupied Netherlands near the end of the Second World War dealing with complex relationships, collaborations and betrayal. A young Jewish singer goes into hiding and ends up joining the Dutch resistance after her parents are killed. She infiltrates Gestapo headquarters for the Resistance and finds herself in danger when a traitor betrays the group. As the war ends she is still at risk, with former friends believing she is a traitor and the real traitor wanting to get rid of her to cover their tracks.

Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where is she working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. September 1944. Rachel is in trouble when her hiding place is bombed by allied troops. She gets in contact with a man from the resistance and joins a group of Jews who are to be smuggled across the Biesbosch by boat to the freed South Netherlands. Germans from a patrol boat murder them all however. Only Rachel is able to escape. She is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers. When Kuipers' son is captured after trying to smuggle weapons, he asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmführer Ludwig Müntze. Soon she will find out the attack in the Biesbosch wasn't a coincidence.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 August, 2007.

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