Black Book (2006) (Zwartboek)

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Amidst all the crappy movies available these days, I must say that this movie was most excellent in every way. Well, almost.

Netherlands, WW2.
Rachel Stein is a young Jewish singer, hiding from the Nazis. She gets a warning that her hiding place is located by Germans and must evacuate. Unfortunately the cross-over does not go well since all people aboard are killed, except Ra... read more

"Ellis de Vries: "They're working off a list. Of Jews with money. They murder them."
Gerben Kuipers: "How do you know all this?"
Ellis de Vries: "Because I was set up myself! Because I've seen my entire family be slaughtered!"

Dutch director Paul Verhoeven returns to his culture and heritage with Zwartboek (known more universally by its English title Black Book): thi... read more

Back then, before this movie was released, there was a huge buzz in the Netherlands. Indeed, not only Paul Verhoeven was finally releasing a new director effort after 6 long years but he was also back in his homeland more than 20 years after ‘De vierde man’, his last Dutch feature. Anyway, for Verhoeven, it was a successful comeback and, in the Netherlands, it was indeed a huge success but I n... read more

Set during the end of WWII, Black Book is the story of a Dutch Jewish girl who narrowly survives the war in Holland. She joins the resistance to find out who betrayed her family after all of them were killed in an attempt to reach the liberated south.