Movie · 145 min · 16 · drm, trl, war, eur
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.
Where to watch Black Book
Available on 10 platforms across 2 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 1 countries, best placed at #182 in Belgium.
- Belgium #182
Available languages
Audio: Dutch, French, Spanish
Subtitles: Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Chart history
Black Book has spent 5 days in a top 3, 7 days in a top 10 and 34 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #1.
Cast
Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Matthias Schoenaerts, Derek de Lint, Christian Berkel, Dolf de Vries, Peter Blok, Michiel Huisman, Ronald Armbrust, Frank Lammers, Johnny de Mol, Xander Straat, Diana Dobbelman, Rixt Leddy, Lidewij Mahler
Crew
Frans van Gestel (producer), Paul Verhoeven (screenplay), Paul Verhoeven (director), Jeroen Beker (producer), Gerard Soeteman (screenplay)
Awards
3 wins from 6 nominations.
- Golden Calf for Best Feature Film 2006 — won
- Platinum Film — won
- Platinum Film — won
- International Submission to the Academy Awards 2007 — nominated
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2007 — nominated
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2007 — nominated