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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2006 DVD Release: 09/25/2007 Format: Blu-ray - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: Dutch Subtitles: English, French, Hindi, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 26 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Members Wishing: 12 Genres: Thriller, War, War Drama, Resistance Film See Also: Black Book

Filmmaker Paul Verhoeven returned to the Netherlands after more than twenty years of success in Hollywood to direct this epic-scale war drama based on a true story. Rachel Steinn (Carice van Houten) is a beautiful Jewish woman living in German-occupied Holland during late 1944. Her family members - who have been falsely promised safe passage to Belgium (their names recorded in the 'black book' of the title) are instead robbed and slaughtered by the Germans on a premeditated basis; Rachel herself manages to escape by diving into the water and swimming away. She narrowly avoids capture, then joins the local resistance movement. With her hair dyed blonde, Rachel can easily pass for Aryan, and when the leader of the Dutch resistance movement learns his son has been captured by Axis forces, Rachel is asked to use her feminine charms to persuade a German commander to arrange for the boy's release. Rachel soon finds herself caught up in a dangerous double life as she becomes a sexual plaything for the Nazis while attempting to bring down their evil empire as a spy. Zwartboek was written by Verhoeven and Gerard Soeteman, who collaborated on the 1977 international success Soldier of Orange. Zwartboek received its world premier at the 2006 Venice Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Carice van Houten - Rachel Stein/Ellis De Vries
Sebastian Koch - Ludwig Müntze
Thom Hoffman - Hans Akkermans
Halina Reijn - Ronnie
Waldemar Kobus - Günther Franken