Black Book
“To fight the enemy, she must become one of them.”
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.
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Cast
59 people
Carice van Houten
Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries
Known for
Game of Thrones
Valkyrie
Sebastian Koch
Ludwig Müntze
Known for
A Good Day to Die Hard
The Lives of Others
Thom Hoffman
Hans Akkermans
Known for
Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon
Sintel
Halina Reijn
Ronnie
Known for
Sintel
Boy 7
Waldemar Kobus
Günther Franken
Known for
Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy
Beat
Matthias Schoenaerts
Joop
Known for
Red Sparrow
The Danish Girl
Derek de Lint
Gerben Kuipers
Known for
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Christian Berkel
General Käutner
Known for
Hijack
The Experiment
Dolf de Vries
Notary Wim Smaal
Known for
The 4th Man
Turkish Delight
Peter Blok
Van Gein
Known for
Tricked
My Best Friend Anne Frank
Michiel Huisman
Rob
Known for
Game of Thrones
The Haunting of Hill House
Ronald Armbrust
Tim Kuipers
Known for
The Conductor
Paul Verhoeven Director · Gerard Soeteman Screenplay Anne Dudley Composer
Worldwide gross $27M · Budget $21M · United States release May 18, 2007
Box office
Budget
$21,000,000
Worldwide gross
$26,768,563
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
Fu Works
Production
AVRO
Production
VIP Medienfonds 4
Production
Clockwork Pictures
Production
Studio Babelsberg
Production
Motion Investment Group
Production
Motel Films
Production
Hector BV
Production
ContentFilm International
Production
Egoli Tossell Film
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio
CoBo Fonds
Production
Eurimages
Production
FFA
Production
The Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal government
Production
Media Programme of the European Community
Production
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Production
Nederlands Fonds voor de Film
Production
uFilm
Production
VIP 4 Medienfonds
Production
Belgium · Germany · Netherlands · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Zwartboek
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch · English · German · Hebrew
Release dates
Italy · September 1, 2006
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Netherlands · September 14, 2006
Theatrical
United States · May 18, 2007
Theatrical
United States · September 25, 2007
Physical · DVD, Blu-ray
United States
December 9, 2006 · Premiere · Austin Butt-Numb-A-Thon
Argentina
March 15, 2007 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
August 23, 2007 · Theatrical
Australia
July 5, 2007 · Theatrical
Austria
August 15, 2007 · Theatrical
Belgium
November 29, 2006 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 11, 2008 · Theatrical
Canada
September 13, 2006 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
China
February 3, 2009 · Theatrical
Colombia
April 30, 2008 · Theatrical
Curaçao
September 21, 2006 · Theatrical
Czechia
May 31, 2007 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 13, 2007 · Theatrical
Finland
September 21, 2007 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
November 7, 2007 · Physical · DVD
France
November 29, 2006 · Theatrical · Avec avertissement
Germany
May 10, 2007 · Theatrical
Greece
October 18, 2006 · Premiere · Panorama of European Cinema
February 1, 2007 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
April 26, 2007 · Theatrical
Hungary
October 24, 2007 · Physical · DVD
Indonesia
December 17, 2006 · Premiere · Jakarta Film Festival
Ireland
January 19, 2007 · Theatrical
Israel
December 21, 2006 · Theatrical
Italy
February 2, 2007 · Theatrical
Japan
March 24, 2007 · Theatrical
Lithuania
November 27, 2011 · Limited theatrical
Mexico
November 2, 2007 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 12, 2006 · Premiere · The Hague
January 1, 2009 · TV · Nederland 1
March 13, 2013 · Physical · Blu ray
August 29, 2013 · Physical · DVD
New Zealand
July 13, 2007 · Premiere · Auckland International Film Festival
Norway
April 25, 2017 · Limited theatrical
Philippines
April 30, 2007 · Physical · DVD
Poland
March 2, 2007 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 22, 2007 · Theatrical
Romania
June 22, 2007 · Theatrical
Russia
January 18, 2007 · Limited theatrical
Serbia
March 4, 2007 · Premiere · Belgrade Film Festival
Serbia
May 11, 2007 · Theatrical
Singapore
May 22, 2008 · Theatrical
Slovakia
September 13, 2007 · Theatrical
South Korea
March 29, 2007 · Theatrical
Spain
February 2, 2007 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 14, 2007 · Physical · DVD
Switzerland
November 29, 2006 · Theatrical · French
May 10, 2007 · Theatrical · German
October 19, 2007 · Theatrical · Italian
Taiwan
December 5, 2008 · Theatrical
Thailand
April 5, 2007 · Theatrical
Türkiye
April 13, 2007 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 23, 2006 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
January 19, 2007 · Theatrical
Venezuela
September 19, 2008 · Theatrical
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