Black Book

2006 · directed by Paul Verhoeven

Rating

75/100

Hit

no

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.

Black Book (2006), directed by Paul Verhoeven, rates 75/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Carice van Houten
• Sebastian Koch
• Thom Hoffman
• Halina Reijn
• Waldemar Kobus
• Matthias Schoenaerts
• Derek de Lint
• Christian Berkel
• Dolf de Vries
• Peter Blok

Crew

• Karl Walter Lindenlaub — Director of Photography
• James Herbert — Editor
• Job ter Burg — Editor
• Anne Dudley — Original Music Composer
• Gerard Soeteman — Screenplay
• Paul Verhoeven — Screenplay

More from Paul Verhoeven

1. Soldier of Orange (1977) — 81/100 · hit
2. RoboCop (1987) — 81/100 · hit
3. The 4th Man (1983) — 81/100 · hit
4. Elle (2016) — 77/100
5. Turkish Delight (1973) — 76/100
6. Total Recall (1990) — 73/100

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