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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.

Table of 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.

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Contributors:

Verhoeven, Paul, 1938- , screenwriter, director

Maltha, San Fu, 1958-

Soeteman, Gerard , screenwriter

Houten, Carice van, 1976-

Koch, Sebastian, 1962- , actor

Hoffman, Thom , actor

Reijn, Halina, 1975- , actor

Kobus, Waldemar, 1966-

Lint, Derek de, 1950- , actor

Berkel, Christian, 1957-

Huisman, Michiel, 1981-

Lindenlaub, Karl Walter

Dudley, Anne, 1956-

Fu Works (Firm)

VIP 4 (Firm)

Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Egoli Tossell Film AG

Languages:

Dutch
English
French
Spanish

Language Notes:

In Dutch with optional subtitles in French, English, or Spanish.

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Black book

Subjects:

Jewish women — Netherlands — Drama

World War, 1939-1945 — Collaborationists — Netherlands — Drama

World War, 1939-1945 — Underground movements — Netherlands — Drama

Man-woman relationships — Drama

Betrayal — Netherlands — Drama

Netherlands — History — German occupation, 1940-1945 — Drama

Netherlands — Drama

World War (1939-1945)

German Occupation of Netherlands (Netherlands : 1940-1945)

1939-1945

Underground movements, War

Man-woman relationships

Betrayal

Jewish women

Foreign films

Collaborationists

Netherlands

Genres:

Motion pictures

Motion pictures, Dutch

Foreign films — Netherlands

Feature films

War films

Spy films

Historical films

Fiction films

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Erotic films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

History

System Details:

DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.35:1.

Performers:

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).

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Karl Walter Lindenlaub ; editors, Job ter Burg and James Herbert ; music, Anne Dudley.

General Notes:

Originally produced as a Dutch motion picture in 2006.
Special features: Commentary with director Paul Verhoeven [audio feature]; Black book : the special [making of featurette] (26 min.); previews (21 min.).
"Special features are not rated and may not be subtitled or closed captioned"--Container.
Winner, Golden Calf Award, Nederlands Film Festival, 2006 for Best Actress (Carice van Houten); Best Director (Paul Verhoeven); Best Film (San Fu Maltha).

Audience:

MPAA rating: rated R for some strong violence, graphic nudity, sexuality and language.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

BLA 2006 DVD

ISBNs:

1424851572
9781424851577
1424873002
9781424873005

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 043396184954
Universal Product Code: 043396214880
Publisher Number, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment: 18495

OCLC Numbers:

150881663