Black book / Sony Pictures Classics ; Fu Works presents in association with Egoli Tossell Film, Clockwork Pictures Studio, Babelsberg AG Motion Investment Group, Motel Films Hector and Contentfilm International ; a VIP Medienfonds 4 production ; producer, San Fu Maltha, Jens Meurer, Teun Hilte, Jos van der Linden, Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel ; original story by Gerard Soeteman ; screenplay by Gerard Soeteman, Paul Verhoeven ; directed by Paul Verhoeven.
Rachel is the daughter of an affluent Rotterdam Jewish family who are ambushed while trying to escape into Allied territory. She alone survives, and ends up in the Dutch Resistance, transformed into blond Ellis de Vries, playing Mata Hari to high-ranking German officer Ludwig Müntze. The officer can...
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| Language: | English Dutch French Spanish |
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Dutch |
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In Dutch; with English, French and Spanish subtitles. |
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Culver City, California :
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : Sony Pictures Classics,
[2007]
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| Edition: | Widescreen version. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Variant Title: |
Zwartboek |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Summary: |
Rachel is the daughter of an affluent Rotterdam Jewish family who are ambushed while trying to escape into Allied territory. She alone survives, and ends up in the Dutch Resistance, transformed into blond Ellis de Vries, playing Mata Hari to high-ranking German officer Ludwig Müntze. The officer can feel the Allies closing in, and is eager to forge a separate peace with the resistance fighters who may soon become the Dutch government, and keeps her secret. Meanwhile, someone in the resistance is systematically undermining the operation and betraying escaping Jewish families. For Rachel and Müntze alike, life in occupied Holland is terrifying. Expectations can be fatally reversed in seconds, and interlocking webs of secrecy and betrayal keep everyone always on edge. |
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| Note: | Originally produced as a Dutch motion picture in 2006. "A Paul Verhoeven film"--Container. Special features: making-of featurette; commentary with director. |
| Call Number: | PN1995.9.W3 B553 2007 VideoDVD |
| Playing Time: | 02:26:00 |
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MPAA rating: R; for some strong violence, graphic nudity, sexuality and language. |
| Awards: | Winner, Golden Calf Award, Netherlands Film Festival, 2006: Best Actress (Carice van Houten) ; Best Director (Paul Verhoeven) ; Best Picture. |
| Credits: | Director of photography, Karl Walter Lindenlaub ; editors, Job ter Burg and James Herbert ; music, Anne Dudley. |
| System Details: | DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.35:1. |
| Cast: |
Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Derek de Lint, Christian Berkel, Dolf de Vries, Peter Blok, Michiel Huisman. |