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The Black Book
2007
Set during the end of WWII, Black Book is the story of Rachel Stein (van Houten) who is separated from her family and forced into hiding. Trying to flee to Allied territory, she is briefly reunited with her family, until they are murdered by the Nazis. Suspecting they have been double crossed, Rachel joins the Resistance and .. Read more
| Starring | Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn |
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| Director | Paul Verhoeven |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller, World Cinema |
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The Black Book
Set during the end of WWII, Black Book is the story of Rachel Stein (van Houten) who is separated from her family and forced into hiding. Trying to flee to Allied territory, she is briefly reunited with her family, until they are murdered by the Nazis. Suspecting they have been double crossed, Rachel joins the Resistance and sets out to discover who has betrayed them by adopting a new identity as the blonde Ellis de Vries. Using her womanly charms to infiltrate the ranks of senior German officers she discovers the real enemies are not necessarily the most obvious ones.
| Starring | Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Derek de Lint, Christian Berkel, Dolf De Vries, Dolf de Vries |
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| Director | Paul Verhoeven |
| Studio | PALISADES TARTAN |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 25 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 25 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller, World Cinema |
| Language | Dutch, German |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 30 Apr 2007 Blu-ray: 24 Sep 2007 Production year: 2007 |
| Format | DVD |
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Maybe it's too early to say it, but I shouldn't be surprised if two of my top ten movies for 2007 turn out to be WWII dramas. Clint Eastwood's grim, compassionate Letters from Iwo Jima is... read more »
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235 out of 255 people found this review helpful
german/dutch film
i am sure it was a very good film if you can speak fluent german/dutch i obviously didnt read the fact that it was in german/dutch. i just read the discription and thought it sounded a good film.it didnt even have sub titles so i could have read what they were saying.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
not an enjoyable experience
ok this film isn't designed to be realistic and is intentionally saturday morning matinee leaning. yet with this understanding, it still didn't do anything for me. from the outset the film jumps from one scene to the next like a steam train
lets take another ww2 movie that pushes the bounds of realism... 'the great escape'. moves along at a fair pace, but still finds time for character development. if a character dies we generally care about it. but with black book, no.
bizarrely there is an enormous amount of nudity in this movie, most of it laid on with a trowel and or for no particular reason. everything is on show here: bosoms, bums, tums and alot more besides. i'm sure it will make a few blue rinses curl!
overall i didn't get the point of it all, and for me it was like indiana jones without the good bits. -
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Black Book, The - BLU-RAY Version
Set during the end of WWII, Black Book is the story of Rachel Stein (van Houten) who is separated from her family and forced into hiding. Trying to flee to Allied territory, she is briefly reunited with her family, until they are murdered by the Nazis. Suspecting they have been double crossed, ...
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The Black Book
Set during the end of WWII, Black Book is the story of Rachel Stein (van Houten) who is separated from her family and forced into hiding. Trying to flee to Allied territory, she is briefly reunited with her family, until they are murdered by the Nazis. Suspecting they have been double crossed, ...
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