_**Carice van Houten plays a spy working for the Dutch Resistance during WW2**_ During the German occupation of Netherlands in WW2, a Jewess singer turned spy (Carice van Houten) gains access to the Gestapo headquarters to help the Dutch Resistance. Sebastian Koch plays a sympathetic German officer while Waldemar Kobus is on hand as the heavy. Thom Hoffman plays an agent for the Resistance. “Black Book”…
To fight the enemy, she must become one of them.
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.
Top Cast
Carice van Houten
Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries
Sebastian Koch
Ludwig Müntze
Thom Hoffman
Hans Akkermans
Halina Reijn
Ronnie
Waldemar Kobus
Günther Franken
Matthias Schoenaerts
Joop
Derek de Lint
Gerben Kuipers
Christian Berkel
General Käutner
Dolf de Vries
Notary Wim Smaal
Peter Blok
Van Gein
Michiel Huisman
Rob
Ronald Armbrust
Tim Kuipers
Frank Lammers
Kees
Johnny de Mol
Theo
Xander Straat
Maarten
Diana Dobbelman
Mrs. Smaal
Reviews
Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book is one of the finest World War II thrillers I’ve seen. It is tense, beautifully photographed, and constantly keeps the audience off balance with shifting loyalties, betrayals, and moral ambiguity. Rather than dividing people neatly into heroes and villains, it presents a world where survival often demands impossible choices and where goodness and cruelty can exist side by side. At the…
FAQ about Black Book
What is Black Book about?
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…
When was Black Book released?
Black Book was released in 2006.
What genres does Black Book belong to?
Black Book is categorised as Drama, Thriller, War.
Who stars in Black Book?
The cast of Black Book includes Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus.