Black Book

Overview

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.

Director: Paul Verhoeven

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

Theo Maassen

Prison Guard with Baret

Derek de Lint

Gerben Kuipers

Christian Berkel

General Käutner

Dolf de Vries

Notary Wim Smaal