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Black Book
Directed by
Paul Verhoeven
R
2006
2h 25m
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In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance. Things get complicated when she falls for the enemy.
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Cast of Black Book
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
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
Timothy Deenihan
Canadian Colonel
Nolan Hemmings
British Intelligence Captain
Skip Goeree
Ronnie's Husband
Bert Luppes
Mr. Tjepkema
Marisa van Eyle
Mrs. Tjepkema
Garrick Hagon
British General
Ronald de Bruin
Dutch SD in Train #1
Menno van Beekum
Dutch SD in Train #2
Marcel Musters
Henk
Gijs Naber
Cas
Pieter Tiddens
Herman
Hugo Metsers
Shock Trooper
Mike Reus
Agent Controlepost
Merel Pauw
Children Tjepkema
Black Book Ratings & Reviews
USA Today
Claudia Puig
A hard-core war film with raw violence, intense action, graphic sexuality and a twisting plot that offers a series of surprises.
Film.com
Jonathan F. Richards
Paul Verhoeven's WWII drama stars the lovely Dutch actress Carice van Houten as a Jewish Resistance worker, and costars her breasts. All three deserve awards consideration.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
Insanely entertaining -- and often just plain insane -- World War II melodrama. You may hate yourself in the morning, but you'll have to admit Verhoeven gives you a lot of bang for your buck.
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
Verhoeven cites David Lean as an influence, and the film has Lean's epic scope and crackerjack timing, if not his mannerly refinement. (The 145-minute running time zips right by.)
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Black Book doesn't let the grim facts of the Holocaust get in the way of some ripping pulp.
San Jose Mercury News
Bruce Newman
Despite the picture's subtitles and its imposing 145-minute running time, Black Book maintains a breakneck pace, pausing only long enough to raise some very interesting questions.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
A lurid, pulpy, slightly perverse potboiler, Black Book suffers mainly from its utter lack of seriousness.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
Stout-hearted celebration of the Dutch Resistance or total smut? Try both.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
It's just another Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS disguised as an inspirational story of survival and courage.
Denver Post
Michael Booth
[Verhoeven] hasn't seemed like a serious filmmaker for some time.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Commercial moviemaking of the highest order, superbly mounted and paced.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
Pushes all sorts of envelopes -- political, historical and erotic -- against the sanctified background of the Nazi Holocaust, hitherto unthinkable as the linchpin of a lively melodrama like Black Book.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
All that keeps the movie from collapsing into soap opera is the exuberant drive of the filmmaking. And the central performance. Van Houten is pretty without being beautiful.
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
Some may find scenes excessive and take offense at the suggestion that there were good Nazis like Ludwig. But one thing that can be said for Black Book: It's never boring.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Its essential trashiness too often takes over. Rather than wondering about Rachel/Ellis' dilemma, you find yourself pondering Verhoeven's consistency in setting up bedroom shots so that there's always a nipple in the frame.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Returning to the Netherlands has been a godsend for Verhoeven, energizing his talents and focusing his directorial powers like never before.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
The movie scrambles our responses and covers so much ground, with such zest, that its two and a half hours race past like a firestorm.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
... hugely enjoyable from start to finish.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
It's a marvelous movie-movie, with a new screen goddess. Van Houten has a soft, heart-shaped face on top of a body so naturally, ripely beautiful it has its own kind of truth.
L.A. Weekly
Ella Taylor
A viscerally effective thriller ends up a repugnant exercise in moral relativism, delivered with the grandstanding swagger of the self-styled provocateur.
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