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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.
Black Book (2006) is a drama, thriller and war film directed by Paul Verhoeven, released on September 14, 2006 with a runtime of 2h 25m. It stars Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman and Halina Reijn. Viewers rate it 7.4 out of 10 across 1,274 ratings.
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Carice van Houten
as Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries
Sebastian Koch
as Ludwig Müntze
Thom Hoffman
as Hans Akkermans
Halina Reijn
as Ronnie
Waldemar Kobus
as Günther Franken
Matthias Schoenaerts
as Joop
Derek de Lint
as Gerben Kuipers
Christian Berkel
as General Käutner
Dolf de Vries
as Notary Wim Smaal
Peter Blok
as Van Gein
Michiel Huisman
as Rob
Ronald Armbrust
as Tim Kuipers
Directed by Paul Verhoeven, written by Paul Verhoeven and Gerard Soeteman, produced by Frans van Gestel, Jeroen Beker and Adrian Politowski.
Average viewer score of 7.4/10 from 1,274 ratings.
_**Carice van Houten plays a spy working for the Dutch Resistance during WW2**_ During the German occupation of Netherlands in WW2, a Jewess singer turned spy (Carice van Houten) gains access to the Gestapo headquarters to help the Dutch Resistance. Sebastian Koch plays a sympathetic German officer while Waldemar Kobus is on hand as the heavy. Thom Hoffman plays an agent for the Resistance. “Black Book” (2006), aka…
Reviewed on August 9, 2020
Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book is one of the finest World War II thrillers I’ve seen. It is tense, beautifully photographed, and constantly keeps the audience off balance with shifting loyalties, betrayals, and moral ambiguity. Rather than dividing people neatly into heroes and villains, it presents a world where survival often demands impossible choices and where goodness and cruelty can exist side by side. At the…
Reviewed on July 31, 2026
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Black Book (2006) is currently available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. No subscription streaming option is listed right now, so availability may change.
The main cast of Black Book (2006) includes Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn and Waldemar Kobus. The film was directed by Paul Verhoeven. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Black Book was released on September 14, 2006 and runs for 2h 25m.
Black Book (2006) holds an average rating of 7.4 out of 10 from 1,274 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama, thriller and war films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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