Black Book

About Black Book

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.

Black Book is a 2006 thriller war film directed by Paul Verhoeven. The film is filed under singer, nazi occupation, prosecution, and netherlands.

Carice van Houten stars as Rachel Stein, Sebastian Koch as Ludwig Müntze, Thom Hoffman as Hans Akkermans, and Halina Reijn as Ronnie. At 145 minutes long, it arrived in September 2006.

The screenplay is by Gerard Soeteman and Paul Verhoeven. Produced by Egoli Tossell Film.

Soldier of Orange, The Resistance Banker, and Winter in Wartime make useful companions to Black Book, all filed under 1940s and dutch resistance. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 1,287 votes and it carries a R rating.