Black Book

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Black Book
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R,2hrs 25min
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April 4, 2007
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Sony Pictures
Synopsis: Filmmaker Paul Verhoeven returned to the Netherlands after more than twenty years of success in Hollywood to direct this epic-scale war drama based on a true story. Rachel Steinn (Carice van Houten) is a beautiful Jewish woman living in German-occupied Holland during late 1944. Her family members - who have been falsely promised safe passage to Belgium (their names recorded in the 'black book' of the title) are instead robbed and slaughtered by the Germans on a premeditated basis; Rachel herself ... Full Synopsis
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Just for starters, no movie about the Dutch Resistance during World War II has any right to be this wildly entertaining, not to mention this provocative and potently erotic. Full Review
Metascore
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71
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out of 100
Featured Cast
Rachel Stein, Rachel Stein/Ellis De Vries, Rachel/Ellis
Ludwig Muentze, Ludwig Müntze
Hans Akkermans
Ronnie
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Carice van Houten and Michiel Huisman in "Black Book" (Sony Pictures Classics)
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