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Black Book
After narrowly escaping death, young Rachel Rosenthal (Carice van Houten) becomes part of the Jewish resistance, assuming the name Ellis de Vries. In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, the singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
11 July 1937, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
16 March 1950, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
9 May 1969, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
18 July 1981, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
17 March 1970, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
11 March 1969, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
1966, Szczytno, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland
21 August 1961, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
1980, Vinkeveen, Utrecht, Netherlands
10 April 1972, Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
5 May 1976, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
6 June 1959, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
16 April 1961, Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
10 September 1977, Eenrum, Groningen, Netherlands
September 25, 2010
The handsomely mounted, heedlessly pulpy modernist World War II thriller that "The Good German" and "Valkyrie" failed to be - a dizzying rush of daring rescues, sexual intrigue, treachery, betrayal, gunfights, hasty conclusions and harrowing consequences.
April 18, 2008
A slick, thrilling, trashy, melodramatic and serialesque soap opera adventure which conceals the complex tale of moral ambiguity beneath.
April 27, 2007
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.
January 15, 2008
There are a lot of plot twists at the end of the film, maybe too many, but it will keep you guessing.
April 07, 2015
Seven years after he disappeared with the whimper that was Hollow Man, Paul Verhoeven has returned with what may be his best film.
March 06, 2008
While gleefully turning all prior war movie stereotypes on their heads, Verhoeven opts for the bizarre theory that ravishing designing women and lots of sex can change the course of world history.
May 04, 2007
Verhoeven never loses sight of the larger message -- that in those evil times, ordinary people were forced to do extraordinary, and even awful, things just to live long enough to tell their tale.
August 27, 2009
It's the last thing a Verhoeven film should be: tasteful
April 27, 2007
Black Book doesn't let the grim facts of the Holocaust get in the way of some ripping pulp.
April 30, 2007
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.
September 01, 2007
A hard-core war film with raw violence, intense action, graphic sexuality and a twisting plot that offers a series of surprises.
April 27, 2007
The happy ending demands that [Verhoeven's] return-journey film -- Black Book -- be a rousing artistic triumph. It isn't. Too many of his lazy Hollywood habits have followed him home.

